Film

The Well

1951 · 1h 26m · Drama

I have a wife and two kids ... a thing like this can ruin me !

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

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?

Gwendolyn Laster

Carolyn Crawford

Richard Rober

Ben Kellogg

Maidie Norman

Martha Crawford

George "Spike" Hamilton

Grandpa Peabody

Ernest Anderson

Ralph Crawford

Dick Simmons

Mickey McClure

Lane Chandler

Deputy Stan

Pat Mitchell

Peter

Margaret Wells

Miss Peterson

Wheaton Chambers

Mr. Woody

Michael Ross

Deputy Frank

Russell Trent

Deputy Chet

Allen Mathews

Deputy Hal

John Philips

Deputy Fred

Walter Morrison

Art

Christine Larson

Casey

• Russell RouseWriter · Director
• Leo C. PopkinProducer · Director
• Clarence GreeneWriter · Producer
• Ernest LaszloDirector of Photography
• Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
• Chester W. SchaefferEditor

Release date

September 24, 1951

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Drama

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