Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall
2026 · Animation · Action
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Film / 1951
The Well
In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?
The story
In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?
Cast
Gwendolyn LasterCarolyn Crawford
Richard RoberBen Kellogg
Maidie NormanMartha Crawford
George "Spike" HamiltonGrandpa Peabody
Ernest AndersonRalph Crawford
Dick SimmonsMickey McClure
Lane ChandlerDeputy Stan
Pat MitchellPeter
Margaret WellsMiss Peterson
Wheaton ChambersMr. Woody
Michael RossDeputy Frank
Russell TrentDeputy Chet
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Allen MathewsDeputy Hal
John PhilipsDeputy Fred
Walter MorrisonArt
Christine LarsonCasey
Jess KirkpatrickQuigley
Roy EngelGleason
Alfred GrantGaines
Edwin MaxBert
Guy BeachBaggage Man
Robert OsterlohAlex Wylie
Harry MorganClaude Packard
Barry KelleySam Packard
Walter KellyChip Williams
Mary Ellen KayLois
Beverly JonsSally
Elzie EmanuelStudent
Tom PowersJim, Mayor
Bill WalkerDr. Billings
Douglas EvansLobel
Sherry HallManners
George MagrillConstruction Worker (uncredited)
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