Lost Boundaries (1949) USA
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Director:Alfred L. Werker
Studio:Warner Bros.
Producer:Louis De Rochemont, Borden Mace, Lothar Wolff
Writer:Ormonde Dekay Jr., Maxime Furlaud, Eugene Ling, Charles Palmer, Virginia Shaler, William L. White
Rated:NR
Date Added:2013-08-30
UPC:0883316126349
Price:$17.99
Awards:1 win & 3 nominations
Genre:English films
Release:2009-06-22
IMDb:0041600
Duration:99
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Sound:Mono
Languages:English
Subtitles:none
LAC code:300011100
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Alfred L. Werker  ...  (Director)
Ormonde Dekay Jr., Maxime Furlaud, Eugene Ling, Charles Palmer, Virginia Shaler, William L. White  ...  (Writer)
 
Mel Ferrer  ...  Scott Mason Carter
Beatrice Pearson  ...  Marcia Carter
Susan Douglas  ...  
Robert Dunn  ...  
Susan Douglas Rubes  ...  Shelly Carter (as Susan Douglas)
Robert A. Dunn  ...  Rev. John Taylor (as Rev. Robert A. Dunn)
Richard Hylton  ...  Howard 'Howie' Carter
Grace Coppin  ...  Mrs. Mitchell
Carleton Carpenter  ...  Andy
Seth Arnold  ...  Clint Adams
Wendell Holmes  ...  Mr. Morris Mitchell
Parker Fennelly  ...  Alvin Tupper
Ralph Riggs  ...  Loren Tucker
William Greaves  ...  Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Ray Saunders  ...  Dr. Jesse Pridham (as Rai Saunders)
Leigh Whipper  ...  Janitor
Morton Stevens  ...  Dr. Walter Brackett
Maurice Ellis  ...  Dr. Cashman
Alexander Campbell  ...  Mr. Bigelow
Edwin Cooper  ...  Baggage man
Royal Beal  ...  Det. Staples
Canada Lee  ...  Lt. 'Dixie' Thompson
Summary: Scott Carter is a skilled doctor - and a man without prospects. Rejection letters from hospitals pile up. His young wife is pregnant with their first child. Unable to land a job because of his race, Scott (Mel Ferrer) decides. "For one year of my life," he says, "I'm going to be a white man." That one year becomes two, then 10, then 20. But it's still only a matter of time before Scott's secret is out and he confronts racism in the New Hampshire town he's served for decades.

A light-skinned black family passes for white in this powerful, fact-based tale. Produced by Louis de Rochemont, one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the late 1940s, Lost Boundaries belongs to a forward-looking cluster of postwar films that declared war on society's ills. Like Boomerang!, Pinky, Gentleman's Agreement and others of the era, it resonates with conviction, proving great issues are the stuff of great filmmaking.
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