Intruder in the Dust (film)

Intruder in the Dust
DVD cover
Directed byClarence Brown
Screenplay byBen Maddow
Based onIntruder in the Dust
1948 novel
by William Faulkner
Produced byClarence Brown
StarringDavid Brian
Claude Jarman Jr.
Juano Hernández
CinematographyRobert Surtees
Edited byRobert Kern
Music byAdolph Deutsch
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 22, 1949 (1949-11-22) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$988,000[1][2]
Box office$837,000[1]

Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 crime drama film produced and directed by Clarence Brown and starring David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr. and Juano Hernandez. The film is based on the 1948 novel Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner, and was filmed in Faulkner's hometown of Oxford, Mississippi.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p 431