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George Pepper (December 1, 1913 – December 14, 1969), known also as George P. Werker was a blacklisted Hollywood organizer and producer who collaborated with the Spanish film director Luis Buñuel and writer Hugo Butler.
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Plot. When a white woman accuses him of raping her, Traver, a black clarinetist in a touring jazz band, steals a small boat to escape a lynch mob. He travels until the outboard motor runs out of gas, at which point he paddles to an island off the Carolina coast that is a private game preserve.
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George Pepper (December 1, 1913 – December 14, 1969), known also as George P. Werker was a blacklisted Hollywood organizer and producer who collaborated with the Spanish film director Luis Buñuel and writer Hugo Butler.
It was originated and financed by George Pepper, a fugitive of McCarthyism, credited under the name George P. Werker. Pepper had been a committed supporter of civil rights in the 1940s but fell foul of the anti-Communist hysteria that swept America in the early 1950s.
Directed by Hugo Butler. Produced by George P. Werker [pseudonym for George Pepper]. Screenplay by Butler, Edward Huebsch. Cast: Ángel Macías. Los Pequenos Gigantes recounts the true story of the 1957 Little League World Series, the first featuring a team from outside of the United States and Canada. Despite their limited resources, the team ...
