The Lawless (1950) On DVD

Actor :      Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands, Lee Patrick, John Hoyt
Director:   Joseph Losey
Genre:      Drama
Year:         1950
Studio:      Olive Films
Length:     83
Released: May 29, 2012
Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     DVD
Misc:         NTSC, Black & White
Language:English
subtutles: N/A

DESCRIPTION:

This Intriguing study of Mexican-American fruit-pickers, subjected to all sorts of abuse and racial discrimination in a California small town was the second feature-film by legendary director Joseph Losey (The Servant). Macdonald Carey plays a crusading newspaperman who seemingly is the only person willing to champion the oppressed workers' cause and tries to stop a lynch mob's manhunt of a Latino fugitive accused of fomenting a riot. The director, producers and writers of this film are to be commended for tackling a controversial issue in an honest, no-nonsense fashion. Joseph Losey was later blacklisted in the United States and moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom.