![]() The widow's son (Billy Chapin) sees through him and tries to keep the secret of the treasure location and protect his mother, sister and himself from Powell. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955): Bogus preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) marries an outlaw's widow (Shelly Winters in a stunning performance) in search of the dead man's hidden loot. Look for Jayne Mansfield as a cigarette girl. Ella Fitzgerald makes a memorable cameo as singer Maggie Jacks. Cynical Kelly finds that he has to take a stand. The quartet gets crossed up with a gangster (Edmond O'Brien) and his alcoholic girlfriend (Peggy Lee). PETE KELLY'S BLUES (1955): Ex-doughboy turned jazz musician Pet Kelly (Jack Webb) leads a quartet playing at a Kansas City speakeasy during the Roaring 20s. (Ronald Regan) bring down the local branch of the KKK, including her sister's husband? Dir. When she arrives at her sister's home, she realizes her brother-in-law (Steve Cochran) was part of the lynch mob. STORM WARNING (1951): A model (Ginger Rogers) visits her recently married younger sister (Doris Day) in small town America and witnesses a lynching. When the county's most prominent lawyer (David Brian) refuses to defend him, it's up to a young boy (Claude Jarman Jr.) to stand up to the vigilantes and help solve the crime. Proud African American farmer Lucas Beauchamp (Juano Hernandez, in a memorable portrayal) is a defiant Mississippi landowner accused of murdering a white man. ![]() INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949): Nobel prize winner William Faulkner's 1948 novel is a high-minded piece of crime fiction, written as atonement for the mistreatment of blacks in his native South. Thursday, July 6, 1:00 AM – 4:15 PM Social Conscious Noir Double Feature ![]()
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