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The Well

The Well (1951)

1h 26m | PG-13

⭐ 7 / 10

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?

Director: Russell Rouse

Studio: Harry Popkin Productions

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Gwendolyn Laster

Gwendolyn Laster

as Carolyn Crawford

Richard Rober

Richard Rober

as Ben Kellogg

Maidie Norman

Maidie Norman

as Martha Crawford

George "Spike" Hamilton

George "Spike" Hamilton

as Grandpa Peabody

Ernest Anderson

Ernest Anderson

as Ralph Crawford

Dick Simmons

Dick Simmons

as Mickey McClure