

The Well
1951-09-24 · 86 min · ★ 7.3
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?
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- Directors
- Russell Rouse, Leo C. Popkin
- Production companies
- Harry Popkin Productions, Cardinal Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Gwendolyn LasterCarolyn Crawford
Richard RoberBen Kellogg
Maidie NormanMartha Crawford
Ernest AndersonRalph Crawford
Dick SimmonsMickey McClure
Lane ChandlerDeputy Stan
Wheaton ChambersMr. Woody
Michael RossDeputy Frank
Christine LarsonCasey
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