Intruder in the Dust
1949Rural 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.
Acted in
David Brian
as John Gavin Stevens
Claude Jarman Jr.
as Chick Mallison
Juano Hernández
as Lucas Beauchamp
Porter Hall
as Nub Gowrie
Elizabeth Patterson
as Miss Eunice Habersham
Charles Kemper
as Crawford Gowrie
Will Geer
as Sheriff Hampton
David Clarke
as Vinson Gowrie
Elzie Emanuel
as Aleck
Lela Bliss
as Mrs. Mallison
Harry Hayden
as Mr. Mallison
Harry Antrim
as Mr. Tubbs
Homer Arnold
as Minor Role (uncredited)
John E. Avent
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Joyce Ann Baron
as Child with Yo-Yo (uncredited)
Tommy Bond
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Bronfield
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Allison Busby
as Customer (uncredited)
Alberta Dishmon
as Paralee (uncredited)
Harold Gean
as Patron (uncredited)
W.P. Haley
as Customer (uncredited)
Ann Hartsfield
as Girl (uncredited)
George T. Hemphill
as Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)
Ben Hilbun
as Attendant (uncredited)
Noel Hodge
as Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)
E.L. Hooker
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Eylla Jacobs
as Woman (uncredited)
John M. Keel
as Patron (uncredited)
W.G. Kimmons
as Deputy (uncredited)
James Kirkwood
as Convict (uncredited)
Will Lewis
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ephraim Lowe
as Gowrie Twin (uncredited)
Julia S. Marshbanks
as Molly Beauchamp (uncredited)
Dewey McCoy
as Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)
John Morgan
as Convict (uncredited)
Jack Odom
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Freddie B. Patton
as Barber (uncredited)
Mike Riva
as Crowd Member (uncredited)
Eugene Roper
as Fraser's Son (uncredited)
C.E. Slough
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Guy Turnbow Sr.
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Dan White
as Will Legate (uncredited)
R.X. Williams
as Mr. Lilley (uncredited)
E.H. Windham
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Howard Winters
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Lee Young
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)