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The Well

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Original title

The Well

Year

1951

Running time

86 min.

Country

United States

Director

Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse

Screenwriter

Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene

Cast

Music

Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematography

Ernest Laszlo (B&W)

Producer

Cardinal Pictures

Genre

Film noir. Drama

Synopsis

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...

Awards: 1951: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Editing, Story and Screenplay

1951: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Motion Picture Score

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The Well

1951

Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse

6.8

(96)