The Well

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?

Directed by Russell Rouse, Leo C. Popkin

Top cast

Gwendolyn Laster

Carolyn Crawford

Richard Rober

Ben Kellogg

Maidie Norman

Martha Crawford

G

George "Spike" Hamilton

Grandpa Peabody

Ernest Anderson

Ralph Crawford

Dick Simmons

Mickey McClure

Lane Chandler

Deputy Stan

P

Pat Mitchell

Peter

M

Margaret Wells

Miss Peterson

Wheaton Chambers

Mr. Woody

Michael Ross

Deputy Frank

R

Russell Trent

Deputy Chet

A

Allen Mathews

Deputy Hal

J

John Philips

Deputy Fred

W

Walter Morrison

Art

Christine Larson

Casey

J

Jess Kirkpatrick

Quigley

R

Roy Engel

Gleason

A

Alfred Grant

Gaines

Edwin Max

Bert

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