Richard Wright stars in the screen adaptation of his acclaimed novel as Bigger Thomas, a chauffeur who accidentally kills the daughter of the family he serves and is forced to go on the lam. Wright’s acting skills are limited (and stretched a bit far considering the vast age difference between the actor and his character), as are those of most of the B-movie cast. Yet this quintessentially American tale, filmed in Argentina on a shoestring budget, is an interesting curio in its frank confrontation of racial representation which prompted U.S. censors to cut over thirty minutes of footage from the film.