The Lawless (1950)
3.5 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 23min
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- Synopsis:
- Former big city newsman Larry Wilder (Macdonald Carey) is tired of fighting the powers that be and just wants to enjoy his new life as a small-town newspaper editor. He thinks his bucolic new home will provide him with an easy and unconflicted life. But when a young Latino farm worker is goaded into a fight by racist rich boys, Wilder finds himself the only white citizen of the town willing to stand up for the boy’s rights. He joins with Sunny Garcia (Gail Russell), a staffer for a small weekly newspaper for the Hispanic workers, in trying to see justice done and possibly to save a life.
- Actors:
- Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands, Lee Patrick, John Hoyt, Lalo Rios, Maurice Jara, Walter Reed, Herbert Anderson, Argentina Brunetti, William Edmunds, Gloria Winters, John Davis, Martha Hyer, Frank Fenton
- Directors:
- Joseph Losey
- Writers:
- Daniel Mainwaring
- Aka:
- The Dividing Line / The Big Showdown / Outrage / Voice of Stephen Wilder
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
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