The Well

The Well

I have a wife and two kids ... a thing like this can ruin me !

1951 · 86 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama

In a racially mixed American town, a five-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 is he guilty?

Directed by Russell Rouse · Written by Clarence Greene

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Gwendolyn Laster Carolyn Crawford
Richard Rober Ben Kellogg
Maidie Norman Martha Crawford
George "Spike" Hamilton Grandpa Peabody
Ernest Anderson Ralph Crawford
Dick Simmons Mickey McClure
Lane Chandler Deputy Stan
Pat Mitchell Peter
Margaret Wells Miss Peterson
Wheaton Chambers Mr. Woody
Michael Ross Deputy Frank
Russell Trent Deputy Chet

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