The Well
US (1951): Drama
In a racially mixed American town, a 5-year-old black girl (Gwendolyn Laster) 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 (Harry Morgan) 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... Co-writer Russell Rouse also co-directed with Leo C. Popkin. (U/A) (Rod Crawford, IMDb)
2 nominations
· Writing (Story and Screenplay) 1951: Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse
· Film Editing 1951: Chester Schaeffer