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Directed and co-scripted by Daniel Taradash (From Here To Eternity), this reflection on the rights and responsibilities of citizens was a timely response to Anti-Communist sentiment in the 1950's. A small town librarian (Bette Davis) stands up to local pressure to remove a controversial book from the shelves — on principal, not out of sympathy for its perspective. Also co-stars Brian Keith (Tight Spot, and TV's A Family Affair) and Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire). Newly remastered.
Original Release
06/25/1956
US Release
07/31/1956
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bette Davis | Alicia Hull |
Brian Keith | Paul Duncan |
Kim Hunter | Martha Lockridge |
Paul Kelly | Judge Robert Ellerbe / Judge Robert Ellerbee |
Joe Mantell | George Slater |
Kevin Coughlin | Freddie Slater |
Sallie Brophy | Laura Slater |
Howard Wierum | Mayor Levering |
Curtis Cooksey | Stacey Martin |
Michael Raffetto | Edgar Greenbaum |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bette Davis | Alicia Hull |
Brian Keith | Paul Duncan |
Kim Hunter | Martha Lockridge |
Paul Kelly | Judge Robert Ellerbe / Judge Robert Ellerbee |
Joe Mantell | George Slater |
Kevin Coughlin | Freddie Slater |
Sallie Brophy | Laura Slater |
Howard Wierum | Mayor Levering |
Curtis Cooksey | Stacey Martin |
Michael Raffetto | Edgar Greenbaum |
Joseph Kearns | Mr. Morrisey |
Edward Platt | Rev. Wilson |
Kathryn Grant | Hazel Levering |
Howard Wendell | Sen. Bascomb |
Malcolm Atterbury | Frank |
Budd Buster | Bill |
Alexander Campbell | Jones |
Brenda Carlisle | Woman |
Philip Crampton | Joe |
Emlen Davies | Miss Eleanor Layton |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Julian Blaustein | Producer |