Film
The Well
1951· 1h 26m· Drama
“I have a wife and two kids ... a thing like this can ruin me !”
In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?
1951-09-24
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorLeo C. Popkin
WriterClarence Greene
ProducerClarence Greene
Director of PhotographyErnest Laszlo
Original Music ComposerDimitri Tiomkin
EditorChester W. Schaeffer
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 9 crew)
Details
Released1951-09-24
Runtime1h 26m
StatusReleased
StudiosHarry Popkin Productions · Cardinal Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.3/10 · 17 votes
Original languageen
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