The Well
(1951-09-24)
1951-09-24 • Drama • 1h 26m
The Well (1951-09-24)
1951-09-24 • Drama • 1h 26m
I have a wife and two kids ... a thing like this can ruin me !
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?
I have a wife and two kids ... a thing like this can ruin me !
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?
