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Tragedy in a Temporary Town

Tragedy in a Temporary Town

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 19, 1956

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

63%

Original Title

Tragedy in a Temporary Town

Production Companies

Showcase Productions

Director

Sidney Lumet

Description

Fifteen-year-old girl Dotty Fisher is assaulted at a construction camp. In the wake of this incident, the construction workers form a vigilante group led by the hot-headed Frank Doran in order to find the person responsible for the attack. After the group erroneously assume that innocent Puerto Rican Raphael Infante is guilty of the crime, only one lone man named Alec Beggs dares to stand up to the angry mob