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Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 crime drama film produced and directed by Clarence Brown and starring David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr. and Juano Hernandez. The film is based on the 1948 novel Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner.

Intruder in the Dust
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Directed by	Clarence Brown
Screenplay by	Ben Maddow
Based on	Intruder in the Dust 1948 novel by William Faulkner
Produced by	Clarence Brown
Starring	David Brian Claude Jarman Jr. Juano Hernández
Cinematography	Robert Surtees
Edited by	Robert Kern
Music by	Adolph Deutsch
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	November 22, 1949 (1949-11-22) (United States)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$988,000[1][2]
Box office	$837,000[1]

Plot

The film closely follows the plot line of the Faulkner novel. It tells the story of Lucas Beauchamp, (pronounced 'Bee-cham'), a respectable and independent black man, who is unjustly accused of the murder of white man Vinson Gowrie. Through the help of two teenage boys, the town lawyer and an elderly lady, he is able to prove his innocence.

Cast

• Juano Hernandez as Lucas Beauchamp
• David Brian as John Gavin Stevens
• Claude Jarman Jr. as Chick Mallison
• Porter Hall as Nub Gowrie
• Elizabeth Patterson as Miss Eunice Habersham
• Will Geer as Sheriff Hampton
• Charles Kemper as Crawford Gowrie
• David Clarke as Vinson Gowrie
• Elzie Emanuel as Aleck
• Lela Bliss as Mrs. Mallison
• Harry Hayden as Mr. Mallison
• Harry Antrim as Mr. Tubbs, prison warder
• Dan White as Will Legate, gunman
• Gene Roper as son of country store owner

Reception

According to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer records the film earned $643,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $194,000 elsewhere, for a worldwide box office of $837,000.[1][2]

In 1950, David Brian and Juano Hernandez were respectively nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Most Promising Newcomer – Male at the 7th Golden Globe Awards.[3] The film was listed as one of the ten best of the year by The New York Times. Faulkner said of the film: "I'm not much of a moviegoer, but I did see that one. I thought it was a fine job. That Juano Hernandez is a fine actor--and man, too."[4]

More than 50 years later, in 2001, film historian Donald Bogle wrote that Intruder in the Dust broke new ground in the cinematic portrayal of blacks, and Hernandez's "performance and extraordinary presence still rank above that of almost any other black actor to appear in an American movie."[5] The film has been praised by Ralph Ellison and the New York Times.[6]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 93% from 41 reviews.[7]

See also

References

External links

• Intruder in the Dust at AllMovie
• Intruder in the Dust at IMDb
• Intruder in the Dust at the TCM Movie Database
• Intruder in the Dust at the American Film Institute Catalog

На других языках

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[de] Griff in den Staub (Film)

Griff in den Staub (engl. Originaltitel: Intruder in the Dust) ist ein US-amerikanisches Kriminaldrama unter Regie von Clarence Brown aus dem Jahre 1949. Er basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von William Faulkner, der ein Jahr zuvor erschienen war. Der Film galt bei seiner Entstehung als besonders fortschrittlich im Umgang mit Afroamerikanern und behandelt das Thema des Rassismus in den Südstaaten. Obwohl Griff in den Staub bei Kritikern positive Besprechungen erhielt, wurde er an den Kinokassen zum finanziellen Misserfolg.

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- [en] Intruder in the Dust (film)

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[ru] Осквернитель праха (фильм)

«Осквернитель праха» — фильм Кларенса Брауна. В главных ролях снимались Дэвид Брайан, Клод Джарман и Хуано Эрнандес. Фильм основан на романе «Осквернитель праха» Уильяма Фолкнера.

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