Nominated for the 1950 Oscar for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, this intense drama about racial hatred pulls no punches. When a white patient in a hospital dies under the care of a black intern (Sidney Poitier), the victims racist brother (Richard Widmark) seeks to destroy the doctors career. Although the hospitals idealistic Chief Resident (Stephen McNally) tries to diffuse the escalating tension, the victims ex-wife (Linda Darnell) seems to go along with the vengeance-seekeruntil she realizes shes on the wrong side.