Intruder in the Dust
It's Sensational!
1949 | 87m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Clarence Brown |
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| Writer: | William Faulkner, Ben Maddow |
| Staring: |
| Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 22, 1949 |
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| Director: | Clarence Brown |
| Writer: | William Faulkner, Ben Maddow |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | falsely accused, mississippi river, based on novel or book, small town |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 29, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| David Brian | John Gavin Stevens |
| Claude Jarman Jr. | Chick Mallison |
| Juano Hernández | Lucas Beauchamp |
| Porter Hall | Nub Gowrie |
| Elizabeth Patterson | Miss Eunice Habersham |
| Charles Kemper | Crawford Gowrie |
| Will Geer | Sheriff Hampton |
| David Clarke | Vinson Gowrie |
| Elzie Emanuel | Aleck |
| Lela Bliss | Mrs. Mallison |
| Harry Hayden | Mr. Mallison |
| Harry Antrim | Mr. Tubbs |
| Homer Arnold | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| John E. Avent | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Joyce Ann Baron | Child with Yo-Yo (uncredited) |
| Tommy Bond | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Jack Bronfield | Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Allison Busby | Customer (uncredited) |
| Alberta Dishmon | Paralee (uncredited) |
| Harold Gean | Patron (uncredited) |
| W.P. Haley | Customer (uncredited) |
| Ann Hartsfield | Girl (uncredited) |
| George T. Hemphill | Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited) |
| Ben Hilbun | Attendant (uncredited) |
| Noel Hodge | Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited) |
| E.L. Hooker | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Eylla Jacobs | Woman (uncredited) |
| John M. Keel | Patron (uncredited) |
| W.G. Kimmons | Deputy (uncredited) |
| James Kirkwood | Convict (uncredited) |
| Will Lewis | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Ephraim Lowe | Gowrie Twin (uncredited) |
| Julia S. Marshbanks | Molly Beauchamp (uncredited) |
| Dewey McCoy | Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited) |
| John Morgan | Convict (uncredited) |
| Jack Odom | Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| Freddie B. Patton | Barber (uncredited) |
| Mike Riva | Crowd Member (uncredited) |
| Eugene Roper | Fraser's Son (uncredited) |
| C.E. Slough | Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Guy Turnbow Sr. | Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Dan White | Will Legate (uncredited) |
| R.X. Williams | Mr. Lilley (uncredited) |
| E.H. Windham | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Howard Winters | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Robert Lee Young | Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Edmund Lowe | Gowrie Twin (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Clarence Brown | Director |
| Robert Kern | Editor |
| Randall Duell | Art Direction |
| Jay Marchant | Production Manager |
| William Faulkner | Novel |
| Adolph Deutsch | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Ben Maddow | Screenplay |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Carl Roup | Second Assistant Director |
| Sid Sidman | Assistant Director |
| Marvin Stuart | Assistant Director |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Recordist |
| John Schmitz | Camera Operator |
| Harry Stradling Jr. | Assistant Camera |
| Albert Hunter | Grip |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Clarence Brown | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 527 | 696 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 858 | 886 |