Word: goaded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...movie does an effective job of conveying the helplessness of its hero against unreasoning hatred, the hypersensitive suspicion of some of his fellow Negroes, and the poverty, ignorance and insecurity that goad their tormentors. A well-written exchange between the hospital's chief doctor (Stephen McNally) and its administrative head (Stanley Ridges) shows pointedly how social expediency can hobble the best intentions of intelligent men in decisions involving Negroes. Standouts in an excellent cast: the likable Poitier, a savagely villainous Widmark, and Broadway's Mildred Joanne Smith who, as the hero's wife, gives the movie some...
Jimmy and five of his pals went to Indian Mounds Park and tiptoed up to the cave. Ray was nowhere in sight, but smoke was curling out of the cave's chimney. Boldly, the boys dropped some snow down the chimney to make the fire smoke and goad Ray into showing his face. When he did, Jimmy Lewis and his men took one good look...