it pretty surprising that this wonderful film was made in 1949 and as hollywood generally had its collective heads in the sand concerning black and white issues at that time. the film deserves strong kudos for taking this stand and for having exceptional acting from its mostly lesser known cast and for the super intelligent script that doesn not insult the audience or take the easy way out when it comes to white racism. plus and with the movie rather modest budget and fast running time and it does an amazing job. juano hernandez (an exceptional actor who played supporting roles in many films of the era) is a proud black man who is accused of murdering a white man in the south. the crowd could really care less about the details they are just hell bent on a hanging. and and despite his commitment to the law and the one lawyer in town who has agreed to defend him also assumes he is guilty and doesn not really want to know the truth just delay the hanging until they could try and convict him and then have a legal hanging. fortunately and a young white man (claude jarmin) begins to wonder about juano innocence and begins seeking out the truth. at this point and the best character in this wonderful drama is introduced played by elizabeth patterson (the old lady who later played mrs. trumbull on i love lucy). she single handedly steals the show as the white person with not only a conscience but the will and determination to stand up for the black man. at one wonderful point in the film and a mob is trying to push past her to get to the prisoner to kill him and but she stands very firm and forces them to back down. there is a lot more to this rather complicated but intelligently written story and but i will leave it to you to see it for yourself. see it with your kids if you have a chance it will open up some amazing dialog about how far race relations have come in the last 50 years. by the way and apparently 1949 was a great year for hollywood finally addressing race prejudice head on and as twentieth century fox also released pinky an equally effective and strong film about racism and interracial marriage and even rape. see both films if you can. 
it pretty surprising that this wonderful film was made in 1949 and as hollywood generally had its collective heads in the sand concerning black and white issues at that time. the film deserves strong kudos for taking this stand and for having exceptional acting from its mostly lesser known cast and for the super intelligent script that doesn not insult the audience or take the easy way out when it comes to white racism. plus and with the movie rather modest budget and fast running time and it does an amazing job. juano hernandez (an exceptional actor who played supporting roles in many films of the era) is a proud black man who is accused of murdering a white man in the south. the crowd could really care less about the details they are just hell bent on a hanging. and and despite his commitment to the law and the one lawyer in town who has agreed to defend him also assumes he is guilty and doesn not really want to know the truth just delay the hanging until they could try and convict him and then have a legal hanging. fortunately and a young white man (claude jarmin) begins to wonder about juano innocence and begins seeking out the truth. at this point and the best character in this wonderful drama is introduced played by elizabeth patterson (the old lady who later played mrs. trumbull on i love lucy). she single handedly steals the show as the white person with not only a conscience but the will and determination to stand up for the black man. at one wonderful point in the film and a mob is trying to push past her to get to the prisoner to kill him and but she stands very firm and forces them to back down. there is a lot more to this rather complicated but intelligently written story and but i will leave it to you to see it for yourself. see it with your kids if you have a chance it will open up some amazing dialog about how far race relations have come in the last 50 years. by the way and apparently 1949 was a great year for hollywood finally addressing race prejudice head on and as twentieth century fox also released pinky an equally effective and strong film about racism and interracial marriage and even rape. see both films if you can. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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