Intruder in the Dust

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Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 film adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel, notable as a socially conscious crime drama addressing racism in the American South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film
film
social problem film
authorOfSourceWork William Faulkner
basedOn Intruder in the Dust self-linksurface differs
surface form: Intruder in the Dust (novel)
blackAndWhite true
castMember Charles Kemper
Claude Jarman Jr.
David Brian
David Clarke
Elizabeth Patterson
Harry Hayden
Juano Hernandez
surface form: Juano Hernández

Lela Bliss
Onslow Stevens
Porter Hall
Will Geer
cinematographer Robert Surtees
composer Adolph Deutsch
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Clarence Brown
discussesTheme legal justice
lynching
prejudice
racial injustice
distributedInFormat theatrical film print
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editor John D. Dunning
surface form: John Dunning
filmingLocation Lafayette County, Mississippi
Oxford, Mississippi, United States
surface form: Oxford, Mississippi
genre crime drama
drama
social problem film
mainCharacter Lucas Beauchamp
narrativeFocus false accusation of murder
notableFor early Hollywood depiction of racism in the American South
originalLanguage English
partOf American cinema of the 1940s
portrayedBy Juano Hernandez
surface form: Juano Hernández
producer Clarence Brown
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate November 17, 1949
releaseYear 1949
runtimeMinutes 87
screenwriter Ben Maddow
Harriet Frank Jr.
settingLocation Mississippi
settingRegion Southern United States
surface form: American South
subject racism in the American South

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June Havoc notableWork Intruder in the Dust
William Faulkner notableWork Intruder in the Dust
Yoknapatawpha County appearsInWork Intruder in the Dust
Jefferson, Mississippi appearsIn Intruder in the Dust
Clarence Brown notableWork Intruder in the Dust
Clarence Brown directed Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust basedOn Intruder in the Dust self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Intruder in the Dust (novel)
Go Down, Moses followedBy Intruder in the Dust
Claude Jarman Jr. filmography Intruder in the Dust
Juano Hernandez notableWork Intruder in the Dust
Yoknapatawpha saga hasPart Intruder in the Dust
Jefferson appearsIn Intruder in the Dust
this entity surface form: “Intruder in the Dust”
Stevens family appearsInWork Intruder in the Dust
Lucas Beauchamp appearsIn Intruder in the Dust
Lucas Beauchamp centralCharacterIn Intruder in the Dust
Gavin Stevens appearsIn Intruder in the Dust