The Lawless
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For a book of the same title, by John Jakes, see The Lawless (novel).
| The Lawless | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Losey |
| Produced by | William H. Pine (producer) William C. Thomas (producer) |
| Written by | Daniel Mainwaring (screenplay from his own novel) |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Editing by | Howard A. Smith |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1 June 1950 |
| Running time | 83 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Lawless is a 1950 American drama film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell and Johnny Sands.[1]
A newspaper editor in California becomes concerned about the plight of the state's fruit pickers, mostly illegal immigrants from Mexico. Film critic Thom Andersen identified The Lawless as one example of film gris, a more cynical variety of film noir with leftist themes. The film was also released as The Dividing Line.
[edit] Cast
- Macdonald Carey - Larry Wilder
- Gail Russell - Sunny Garcia
- Johnny Sands - Joe Ferguson
- Lee Patrick - Jan Dawson
- John Hoyt - Ed Ferguson
- Lalo Rios - Paul Rodriguez
- Maurice Jara - Lopo Chavez
- Walter Reed - Jim Wilson
- Herbert Anderson - Jonas Creel
- Argentina Brunetti - Mrs Rodriguez
- William Edmunds - Angie Jensen
- Gloria Winters - Mildred Jensen
- John Davis - Harry Pawling
- Martha Hyer - Caroline Tyler
- Frank Fenton - Mr Prentiss
- Paul Harvey - Chief of Police Blake
- Tab Hunter - Frank O'Brien
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