Haven D. Allridge is the editor-in-chief of the News-Intelligencer newspaper in St. Howard, a town where he and his family have lived all their lives. Peggy, Randy and Marcia Staunton - Haven's married daughter, her husband, and their child - now live about thirty miles away in Bridgewood County, which is adjacent to the St. Howard town limits.
According to a contemporary article in The Hollywood Reporter, Robert Walker was to co-star in this film, but he died soon after finishing My Son John (1952).
By what name was The Sellout (1952) officially released in India in English?
Big-city newspaper editor Haven D. Allridge (Pidgeon) starts a crusade against corrupt small-town sheriff Burke (Gomez) after he gets a first-hand taste of Burke's version of justice.
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Gerald Mayer proved once more that he had talent above and beyond being the nephew of MGM-head Louis B. Mayer with his direction of The Sellout. The story begins with a bang, as big-city newspaper editor Haven Allridge ( Walter Pidgeon) falls victim to the small-town tyranny of corrupt sheriff Kellwin C. Burke ( Thomas Gomez ).
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A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.
As Haven D. Allridge, the well-respected editor of the St. Howard newspaper, drives home across the county line after dining with his daughter Peggy and her husband, county prosecutor Randy Stauton, he offers a ride to Wilfred Jackson, a man who sells sandwiches in his building. A few minutes later, Haven is stopped for speeding.