The Well
In a racially mixed American town, a 5-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 Packard's troubles pale by comparison as ever more inflated rumors uncap the well of racial tensions and mob violence. And young Carolyn Crawford, forgotten by most, is still missing...
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Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
1951
86 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Well
- Duration : 86 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Russell Rouse (written for the screen by), Clarence Greene (written for the screen by)
- Directors : Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse min
- Imdb : 7.4 (406 votes)
- Tomatoes : 2.9 (85 votes)
- Actors : Gwendolyn Laster, Richard Rober, Maidie Norman, George Hamilton
Movie Storyline
In a racially mixed American town, a 5-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 Packard's troubles pale by comparison as ever more inflated rumors uncap the well of racial tensions and mob violence. And young Carolyn Crawford, forgotten by most, is still missing...