Prejudice (1949)
October 17, 1949Release Date
Prejudice (1949)
October 17, 1949Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
David Bruce
Joe Hanson
Mary Marshall
Beth Hanson
Tommy Ivo
Joey Hanson
Bruce Edwards
Al Green
Barbara Billingsley
Doris Green
Edward L. Cahn
Director
James Seay
Minister
Jarvis Couillard
Writer
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Prejudice is a 1949 American black-and-white drama film produced by the Protestant Film Commission (PFC) and Edmund L. Dorfmann Productions. Directed by Edward L. Cahn, it stars David Bruce, Mary Marshall, Tommy Ivo, and Bruce Edwards. The story centers on an American Protestant man who believes he is tolerant of other religions and nationalities, but feels threatened by his Jewish colleague. As the film delves into the reasons for prejudice, he and other main characters realize that they are both perpetrators and victims of intolerance. The film concludes that only with faith in Christ, who loved all men equally, can prejudice be eliminated.
This was the first PFC production to be released theatrically; it was also distributed to 30,000 denominational churches and schools, religious clubs, and unions in the United States and Canada. The $100,000 production budget was funded by 17 Protestant denominations and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The film was said to be the "most popular" of the PFC's productions.