Barry Kelley, George Hamilton, Harry Morgan, Maidie Norman, Richard Rober ...( see more  see more... ) , Richard Simmons

When an African-American girl disappears from a segregated community, a white man passing through (Harry Morgan) is suspected of harming the child. Tempers flare as the girl's family suspects a racial...( read more  read more... )ly motivated cover-up, but when the town learns that she's tumbled down a well, blacks and whites work together to rescue her. This Academy Award-nominated film still resonates decades after its release in the racially supercharged 1950s.

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Unrated, 86 min

Directed by: Russell Rouse

Release Date: September 26, 1951

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DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007

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  • June 18, 2009
    i found it minorly engaging. it was better when they were fussing and fighting than when they all got together to rescue the little girl. then it all seemed drawn out. put it this way, it weren't exactly to kill a mocking bird...

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