Script by:A.I. Bezzerides (Screenplay), Kenneth Gamet (Adaptation), Theodore Pratt (Story)
Directed by:Curtis Bernhardt
Year:1942
IMDb:tt0034926
Plot:During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules by monopoly, dirty contracts and violence. Steve helps organize against the buyer, leading to further escalation ending in a lynch mob.
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