Intruder in the Dust 75 years old
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.
Credits
Intruder in the Dust Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Porter Hall He was 61, 65 years old when he died | as Nub Gowrie |
| Dan White He was 3, 39 years old when he died | as Will Legate (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Patterson She was 74, 90 years old when she died | as Miss Eunice Habersham |
| Claude Jarman, Jr. He was 15, now 90 years old | as Chick Mallison |
| Will Geer He was 47, 76 years old when he died | as Sheriff Hampton |
| Harry Antrim He was 65, 82 years old when he died | as Mr. Tubbs |
| David Brian He was 35, 78 years old when he died | as John Gavin Stevens |
| Charles Kemper He was 49, 49 years old when he died | as Crawford Gowrie |
| Juano Hernández He was 53, 73 years old when he died | as Lucas Beauchamp |
| Lela Bliss She was 53, 84 years old when she died | as Mrs. Mallison |
| Harry Hayden He was 67, 72 years old when he died | as Mr. Mallison |
| Elzie Emanuel | as Aleck |
| David Clarke He was 41, 95 years old when he died | as Vinson Gowrie |
Intruder in the Dust Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Adolph Deutsch as Original Music Composer. He was 52 (82) years old when He died | Sound |
| Ralph S. Hurst as Set Decoration. He was 32 (55) years old when He died | Art |
| Edwin B. Willis as Set Decoration. He was 56 (70) years old when He died | Art |
| Robert Surtees as Director of Photography. He was 43 (78) years old when He died | Camera |
| Randall Duell as Art Direction. He was 46 (89) years old when He died | Art |
| William Faulkner as Novel. He was 52 (64) years old when He died | Writing |
| Robert Kern as Editor. He was 64 (87) years old when He died | Editing |
| Ben Maddow as Writer. He was 40 (83) years old when He died | Writing |
| Cedric Gibbons as Art Direction. He was 56 (67) years old when He died | Art |
| Clarence Brown as Director. He was 59 (97) years old when He died | Directing |
| Clarence Brown as Producer. He was 59 (97) years old when He died | Production |
Intruder in the Dust (75 years)
It's Sensational!
- Release day: Tuesday, November 22, 1949
- Runtime: 87 minutes