TMDb Rating
7.2/10
16 verified votes
The Well (1951)
Drama
86 min
"I have a wife and two kids ... a thing like this can ruin me !"
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?
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Keywords to include
DramaRussell RouseGwendolyn LasterRichard Rober1951
Director
Russell Rouse
Top Cast
Gwendolyn LasterRichard RoberMaidie NormanGeorge "Spike" HamiltonErnest Anderson
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