Lost Boundaries (1949)
- Starring:
- Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Alfred L. Werker
Synopsis of Lost Boundaries
Until the House Un-American Activities Committee horned in, several postwar Hollywood films dealt with touchy "liberal" subject matter. Lost Boundaries stars Mel Ferrer as a light-skinned African-American, whose family is "passing" in an all-white New England community. When the truth comes out, the more bigoted neighbors demand the expulsion of Ferrer and his family. Considered pretty potent stuff in 1949, Lost Boundaries appears fairly conventional today, especially in its reluctance to cast a genuine black actor in the lead. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Lost Boundaries
- Beatrice Pearson - Marcia Carter
- Richard Hylton - Howard Carter
- Canada Lee - Lt. Thompson
- Grace Coppin - Mrs. Mitchell
- Seth Arnold - Clint Adams
- Parker Fennelly - Alvin Tupper
- Leigh Whipper - Janitor
- Edwin Cooper - Baggage Man
- Emory Richardson - Dr. Howard
- Peter Hobbs
- Morton Stevens - Dr. Walter Brackett
- Mel Ferrer - Dr. Scott Carter
- Susan Douglas - Shelley Carter
- Rev. Robert Dunn - Rev. John Taylor
- Carleton Carpenter - Andy
- Wendell Holmes - Mr. Mitchell
- William Greaves - Arthur Cooper
- Alexander Campbell - Mr. Bigelow
- Royal Beal - Detective Staples
- Margaret Barker - Nurse Richmond
- John Gerstad - George Turner
- Director(s):
- Alfred L. Werker
- Writer(s):
- Eugene Ling, Virginia Shaler, Charles Palmer
- Producer(s):
- Louis de Rochemont
- 1949 - Cannes Film Festival - Best Screenplay
- 1949 - Cannes Film Festival - Best Screenplay
- 1949 - New York Times - 10 Best Films
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