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The Well

"I have a wife and two kids ... a thing like this can ruin me !"

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?

Top Cast

  • Gwendolyn Laster

    Gwendolyn Laster

    Carolyn Crawford

  • Richard Rober

    Richard Rober

    Ben Kellogg

  • Maidie Norman

    Maidie Norman

    Martha Crawford

  • George "Spike" Hamilton

    George "Spike" Hamilton

    Grandpa Peabody

  • Ernest Anderson

    Ernest Anderson

    Ralph Crawford

  • Dick Simmons

    Dick Simmons

    Mickey McClure

  • Lane Chandler

    Lane Chandler

    Deputy Stan

  • Pat Mitchell

    Pat Mitchell

    Peter

  • Margaret Wells

    Margaret Wells

    Miss Peterson

Overview

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?

Rating

7.3 / 10
17 Reviews
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