Pogoreltse/ChoiAh-ra/Michel Qissi/Somchauya/凱拉·拉多姆斯基/Usabiaga/朗·普爾曼 Ron Perlman/KellyWashington/Jayde Adams/SteveDispensa/莎拉·瑪盧庫·萊恩/Ella Ryan Quinn/Pleasence/瓦倫蒂娜·羅馬尼/Tim Walker/
Wright's 1940 original novel followed a poor, 20-year-old black Chicagoan, Bigger Thomas, as he takes a job as a chauffeur for the wealthy, white Dalton family. When Thomas accidentally commits an act of violence against a member of the family, he engages in an elaborate cover-up scheme that begets more crimes. Wright emphasizes throughout the novel that society has been set up to make Thomas what he becomes.