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
Gwendolyn Laster
as Carolyn Crawford
Richard Rober
as Ben Kellogg
Maidie Norman
as Martha Crawford
Ernest Anderson
as Ralph Crawford
Dick Simmons
as Mickey McClure
Lane Chandler
as Deputy Stan
Wheaton Chambers
as Mr. Woody
Michael Ross
as Deputy Frank
Christine Larson
as Casey
Edwin Max
as Bert
Robert Osterloh
as Alex Wylie
Harry Morgan
as Claude Packard
Barry Kelley
as Sam Packard
Mary Ellen Kay
as Lois
Beverly Jons
as Sally
Elzie Emanuel
as Student
Tom Powers
as Jim, Mayor
Bill Walker
as Dr. Billings
Douglas Evans
as Lobel
George Magrill
as Construction Worker (uncredited)
