Intruder in the Dust
- Original title
- Intruder in the Dust
- Year
- 1949
- Running time
- 87 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Ben Maddow. Novel: William Faulkner
- Cast
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- David Brian
- Claude Jarman Jr.
- Juano Hernández
- Porter Hall
- Elizabeth Patterson
- Charles Kemper
- Will Geer
- David Clarke
- Elzie Emanuel
- Lela Bliss
- Harry Hayden
- Harry Antrim
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- Music
- Cinematography
Robert Surtees (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Film noir | Southern Gothic. Crime. Racism. Small Town Life (North-american)
- Movie Groups
- William Faulkner Adaptations
- Synopsis
- In 1940s Mississippi two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.
- Awards
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1950: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film1949: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Brian) and Newcomer (Hernandez)1949: New York Film Critics Circle: 3 Nom., including Best Film and Best Director1949: NBR - National Board of Review: Top Ten Films1949: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Drama Screenplay
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