The Well
The Well
Release: 1951-09-24
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 7.2
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?
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Harry Popkin Productions
Cardinal Pictures
Cast
Elzie Emanuel
as Student
Bill Walker
as Dr. Billings
George Magrill
as Construction Worker (uncredited)
Michael Ross
as Deputy Frank
Edwin Max
as Bert
Barry Kelley
as Sam Packard
Mary Ellen Kay
as Lois
Gwendolyn Laster
as Carolyn Crawford
Richard Rober
as Ben Kellogg
Maidie Norman
as Martha Crawford
Dick Simmons
as Mickey McClure
Douglas Evans
as Lobel
Ernest Anderson
as Ralph Crawford
Beverly Jons
as Sally
Lane Chandler
as Deputy Stan
Wheaton Chambers
as Mr. Woody
Robert Osterloh
as Alex Wylie
Christine Larson
as Casey
Harry Morgan
as Claude Packard
Tom Powers
as Jim, Mayor
