Intruder in the Dust (1949)

It's Sensational!

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.

Cast (45)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Elzie Emanuel

Aleck

Lela Bliss

Mrs. Mallison

Harry Hayden

Mr. Mallison

Harry Antrim

Mr. Tubbs

H

Homer Arnold

Minor Role (uncredited)

J

John E. Avent

Minor Role (uncredited)

J

Joyce Ann Baron

Child with Yo-Yo (uncredited)

Tommy Bond

Minor Role (uncredited)

J

Jack Bronfield

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

A

Allison Busby

Customer (uncredited)

A

Alberta Dishmon

Paralee (uncredited)

H

Harold Gean

Patron (uncredited)

W

W.P. Haley

Customer (uncredited)

A

Ann Hartsfield

Girl (uncredited)

G

George T. Hemphill

Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)

B

Ben Hilbun

Attendant (uncredited)

N

Noel Hodge

Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)

E

E.L. Hooker

Minor Role (uncredited)

E

Eylla Jacobs

Woman (uncredited)

J

John M. Keel

Patron (uncredited)

W

W.G. Kimmons

Deputy (uncredited)

James Kirkwood

Convict (uncredited)

W

Will Lewis

Minor Role (uncredited)

E

Ephraim Lowe

Gowrie Twin (uncredited)

J

Julia S. Marshbanks

Molly Beauchamp (uncredited)

D

Dewey McCoy

Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited)

J

John Morgan

Convict (uncredited)

J

Jack Odom

Truck Driver (uncredited)

F

Freddie B. Patton

Barber (uncredited)

E

Eugene Roper

Fraser's Son (uncredited)

C

C.E. Slough

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

G

Guy Turnbow Sr.

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Dan White

Will Legate (uncredited)

R

R.X. Williams

Mr. Lilley (uncredited)

E

E.H. Windham

Minor Role (uncredited)

H

Howard Winters

Minor Role (uncredited)

R

Robert Lee Young

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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