Directed by:
Daniel TaradashScreenplay:
Daniel TaradashCinematography:
Burnett GuffeyComposer:
George DuningCast:
Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter, Paul Kelly, Joe Mantell, Kevin Coughlin, Edward Platt, Kathryn Grant, Howard Wendell, Malcolm Atterbury, Burt Mustin (more)Plots(1)
Directed and co-scripted by Daniel Taradash, this reflection on the rights and responsibilities of citizens was a timely response to Anti-Communist sentiment in the 1950’s. A small town librarian (Bette Davis) stands up to local pressure to remove a controversial book from the shelves - on principal, not out of sympathy for its perspective. Also co-stars Brian Keith and Kim Hunter. (Via Vision Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Bette Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/676/161676274_7ae3de.jpg)
Bette Davis
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Little Foxes (1941)
![Brian Keith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271648_d0f0b3.jpg)
Brian Keith
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1961)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Fort Dobbs (1958)
![Kim Hunter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/363/164363797_a6d2de.jpg)
Kim Hunter
USA
Best movies:
Planet of the Apes (1968)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
![Paul Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/463/158463881_df9c00.jpg)
Paul Kelly
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
San Antonio (1945)
![Joe Mantell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/449/159449728_b365ab.jpg)
Joe Mantell
USA
![Kevin Coughlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/146/166146234_051f2b.jpg)
Kevin Coughlin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Duel at Diablo (1966)
![Edward Platt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779811_4c794d.jpg)
Edward Platt
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
![Kathryn Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576508_6df0b9.jpg)
Kathryn Grant
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
![Howard Wendell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/121/161121177_5b791e.jpg)
Howard Wendell
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
![Malcolm Atterbury](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000148_1b51e8.jpg)
Malcolm Atterbury
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Birds (1963)
![Burt Mustin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256216_7882c7.jpg)
Burt Mustin
USA
Best movies:
Detective Story (1951)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Home from the Hill (1960)
![Pitt Herbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/279/160279235_bae058.jpg)
Pitt Herbert
USA
Best movies:
Hud (1963)
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
The Trouble with Girls (1969)
![Edith Evanson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/299/160299902_e79757.jpg)
Edith Evanson
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Rope (1948)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Budd Buster
USA
Best movies:
All I Desire (1953)
Dark Command (1940)
Rogue Cop (1954)
Alexander Campbell
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
From the Terrace (1960)
Them! (1954)
George Selk
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
All I Desire (1953)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
Sally Brophy
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Joseph Kearns
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Lillian Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)