The movie was adapted by Paul Osborn[?] from two novels -- Borden Deal[?]'s Dunbar's Cove and William Bradford Huie[?]'s Mud on the Stars. It was directed by Elia Kazan.
... in darkness. They present only one side of the Christian life, and in order to compass the whole of it they must be supplemented by counsels for integrity, bravery ...