The Lawless

The Lawless
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Losey
Screenplay byDaniel Mainwaring (as "Geoffrey Homes"_
Based onthe novel The Voice of Stephen Wilder
by Daniel Mainwaring
Produced byWilliam H. Pine
William C. Thomas
StarringMacdonald Carey
Gail Russell
Johnny Sands
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Edited byHoward A. Smith
Music byMahlon Merrick
Production
company
Pine-Thomas Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 9, 1950 (1950-06-09)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$435,000 or $407,000

The Lawless (also released as The Dividing Line) is a 1950 American film directed by Joseph Losey and featuring Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell and Johnny Sands.

The plot concerns a crusading newspaper editor in California who becomes concerned about the plight of fruit pickers, mostly immigrants from Mexico.