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.
Intruder in the Dust has generally received very positive reviews.
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Intruder in the Dust was released in 1949 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 13 reviews, giving Intruder in the Dust (1949) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 78%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 70%.
With a score of 76%, Intruder in the Dust is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1949, which stands at 63%.
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