Native Son(1951)
I didn't mean to KILL her!
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Movie: Native Son
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Bigger Thomas
Mary Dalton
Henry Dalton
Det. Britten
Ralph Farley
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