Joe and Ella Mae Hamilton, having just moved into a new neighborhood, are confronted by an angry, jeering mob of whites outside their house. Joe thinks back on his life. According to press materials, the film's story was based on an idea "expressed by [United Steelworkers of America Union, distributor of the film] President David J. McDonald in a speech on civil rights given by him" in Los Angeles in September 1956.
Cast
Crew
J. Reid Rummage
Director
Merl Edelman
Writer
Melvin Shapiro
Editor
Ralph Woolsey
Director of Photography
Robert Agnew
Assistant Director
Algernon G. Walker
Producer
W.A. Blanchard
Associate Producer
Roger Shearman
Camera Operator
Marjorie Corso
Wardrobe Master
Carlie Taylor
Makeup Artist
Philip Mitchell
Sound
A.B. Roberts
Boom Operator
Paul Glass
Music
Harry Reif
Set Decoration
Diana N. Loomis
Script Supervisor
Karl Brainard
Property Master
David J. McDonald
Idea
Don Ament
Art Direction