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?
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Gwendolyn Laster
Carolyn Crawford
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George Hamilton
Grandpa Peabody
Known for
The Godfather Part III
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Christine Larsen
Casey (as Christine Larson)
Richard Rober
Ben Kellogg
Known for
The File on Thelma Jordon
Jet Pilot
Maidie Norman
Martha Crawford
Known for
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
George "Spike" Hamilton
Grandpa Peabody
Also in
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Adventures of Superman
Ernest Anderson
Ralph Crawford
Known for
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
In This Our Life
Dick Simmons
Mickey McClure
Known for
Lady in the Lake
Lane Chandler
Deputy Stan
Known for
Samson and Delilah
The Devil's Brother
Pat Mitchell
Peter
Also in
Northwest Territory
Margaret Wells
Miss Peterson
Known for
Pitfall
Wheaton Chambers
Mr. Woody
Known for
The Prowler
Russell Rouse Director · Leo C. Popkin Director Clarence Greene Writer
United States release September 24, 1951 · Produced in United States · Production Cardinal Pictures, United Artists Pictures
Production
Harry Popkin Productions
Production
Cardinal Pictures
Production
United Artists Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 24, 1951
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