1 Movie Starring Johnny Sands

The Lawless

The Lawless

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-06-01

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (247 Reviews)

Director:

Joseph Losey

Cast:

Writer:

Daniel Mainwaring (written for the screen by)

Fullplot:

Former big city newsman Larry Wilder is tired of fighting the powers that be and just wants to enjoy his new life as a small-town newspaper editor. He thinks his bucolic new home will provide him with an easy and unconflicted life. But when a young Latino farmworker is goaded into a fight by racist rich boys, Wilder finds himself the only white citizen of the town willing to stand up for the boy's rights. He joins with Sunny Garcia, a staffer for a small weekly newspaper for the Hispanic workers, in trying to see justice done and possibly to save a life.

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