Nominated for the 1950 Oscar for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, this intense drama about racial hatred pulls no punches.
When a white patient in a hospital dies under the care of a black intern (Sidney Poitier), the victim´s racist brother (Richard Widmark) seeks to destroy the doctor´s career. Although the hospital´s idealistic Chief Resident (Stephen McNally) tries to diffuse the escalating tension, the victim´s ex-wife (Linda Darnell) seems to go along with the vengeance-seeker until she realizes she´s on the wrong side..