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The Lawless

Joseph Losey
USA      82 m.
Synopsis

Losey was ahead of his time with this drama which, in noir mode, lashes out at latent racism towards migrants of Hispanic origin in the United States. A journalist has left the big city to lead a quiet life in a small American town; but he soon finds himself in the eye of the storm on defending the plight of a Mexican fruit picker.

Director
Joseph Losey
Screenplay
Geoffrey Homes
Production
Pine-Thomas Productions
William H. Pine, William C. Thomas
Photography
Roy Hunt
Edition
Howard Smith
Music
Mahlon Merrick
Cast
MacDonald Carey, Gail Russell, John Sands, Lee Patrick, John Hoyt
Running Time
82 m.
Country
USA
Year
1950
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