The Well

The Well

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1951-09-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (406 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Russell Rouse (written for the screen by)

Clarence Greene (written for the screen by)

Fullplot:

In a racially mixed American town, a 5-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 Packard's troubles pale by comparison as ever more inflated rumors uncap the well of racial tensions and mob violence. And young Carolyn Crawford, forgotten by most, is still missing...

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