Intruder in the Dust

It's Sensational!

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.

Drama Crime Mystery

David Brian

(John Gavin Stevens)

Claude Jarman Jr.

(Chick Mallison)

Juano Hernández

(Lucas Beauchamp)

Porter Hall

(Nub Gowrie)

Elizabeth Patterson

(Miss Eunice Habersham)

Charles Kemper

(Crawford Gowrie)

Will Geer

(Sheriff Hampton)

David Clarke

(Vinson Gowrie)

Elzie Emanuel

(Aleck)

Lela Bliss

(Mrs. Mallison)

Harry Hayden

(Mr. Mallison)

Harry Antrim

(Mr. Tubbs)

Homer Arnold

(Minor Role (uncredited))

John E. Avent

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Joyce Ann Baron

(Child with Yo-Yo (uncredited))

Tommy Bond

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Jack Bronfield

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Allison Busby

(Customer (uncredited))

Alberta Dishmon

(Paralee (uncredited))

Harold Gean

(Patron (uncredited))

W.P. Haley

(Customer (uncredited))

Ann Hartsfield

(Girl (uncredited))

George T. Hemphill

(Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited))

Ben Hilbun

(Attendant (uncredited))

Noel Hodge

(Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited))

E.L. Hooker

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Eylla Jacobs

(Woman (uncredited))

John M. Keel

(Patron (uncredited))

W.G. Kimmons

(Deputy (uncredited))

James Kirkwood

(Convict (uncredited))

Will Lewis

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Ephraim Lowe

(Gowrie Twin (uncredited))

Julia S. Marshbanks

(Molly Beauchamp (uncredited))

Dewey McCoy

(Crowd Member (voice) (uncredited))

John Morgan

(Convict (uncredited))

Jack Odom

(Truck Driver (uncredited))

Freddie B. Patton

(Barber (uncredited))

Mike Riva

(Crowd Member (uncredited))

Eugene Roper

(Fraser's Son (uncredited))

C.E. Slough

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Guy Turnbow Sr.

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Dan White

(Will Legate (uncredited))

R.X. Williams

(Mr. Lilley (uncredited))

E.H. Windham

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Howard Winters

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Robert Lee Young

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))