Producer/director Jules Dassin wanted to remake The Informer (1935) with an all-black cast, set in inner-city America. The original Liam O'Flaherty story was based on the Irish rebellion against the English in the early 1920s. Dassin felt it mirrored black-white relations in the US in the 1960s.
Ruby Dee's only screenplay credit.
With the passing of Max Julien on January 1, 2022, there are officially no living main cast members remaining.
Final film of Lovyss Bradley.