The Well

IMDb 7.2 1951 • 86 min • Drama

Director

Russell Rouse

Country

US

Plot Summary

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?

Top Cast

Gwendolyn Laster
Gwendolyn Laster Carolyn Crawford
Richard Rober
Richard Rober Ben Kellogg
Maidie Norman
Maidie Norman Martha Crawford
George "Spike" Hamilton
George "Spike" Hamilton Grandpa Peabody
Ernest Anderson
Ernest Anderson Ralph Crawford