Movie

The Well (1951)

• September 24, 1951
• 1h 26m

• Drama

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

Overview

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?

Directors

Russell Rouse, Leo C. Popkin

Writers

Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse

Starring

Gwendolyn Laster, Richard Rober, Maidie Norman