Intruder in the Dust

"It's Sensational!"

1949 1h 27m EN

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 51

DramaCrimeMystery

Synopsis

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Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.

“It's Sensational!”

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Cast

David Brian
John Gavin Stevens
Claude Jarman Jr.
Chick Mallison
Juano Hernández
Lucas Beauchamp
Porter Hall
Nub Gowrie
Elizabeth Patterson
Miss Eunice Habersham
Charles Kemper
Crawford Gowrie
Will Geer
Sheriff Hampton
David Clarke
Vinson Gowrie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Clarence Brown
Writers: Ben Maddow
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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77 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Clarence Brown, shot by Robert Surtees. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Adolph Deutsch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert Kern shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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David Brian and Claude Jarman Jr. and Juano Hernández carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's Sensational!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0041513 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Clarence Brown directs. Robert Surtees behind the camera. Adolph Deutsch scores. Robert Kern cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
277 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Clarence Brown, shot by Robert Surtees. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Adolph Deutsch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Robert Kern shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6David Brian and Claude Jarman Jr. and Juano Hernández carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It's Sensational!".
8IMDB entry: tt0041513 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 51 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.