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Swamp Water

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6.3/10 • 38

1941-11-161h 30m

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

The Swamp! Sinister - mysterious - it shaped the lives and loves and hates of the people who lived around its edges!!

A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.

Directors
Jean Renoir
Writters
Dudley Nichols
Editors
Dudley Nichols, Walter Thompson

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  1. Walter Brennan

    Walter Brennan

    Tom Keefer

  2. Walter Huston

    Walter Huston

    Thursday Ragan

  3. Anne Baxter

    Anne Baxter

    Julie Keefer

  4. Dana Andrews

    Dana Andrews

    Ben Ragan

  5. Virginia Gilmore

    Virginia Gilmore

    Mabel MacKenzie

  6. John Carradine

    John Carradine

    Jesse Wick

  7. Mary Howard

    Mary Howard

    Hannah

  8. Eugene Pallette

    Eugene Pallette

    Jeb McKane

  9. Ward Bond

    Ward Bond

    Tim Dorson

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CinemaSerf

Jun 25, 2022

7/10

"Ben" (Dana Andrews) is taking part in a manhunt through the swamp to track down long since escapee "Tom Keefer" (Walter Brennan) who has been hiding out there for many a year. His dog spots a deer drinking by the side of the river and jumps off their boat into the Okefenokee after it. Despite the sagacious counsel of his father (Walter Huston), he decides to set off into the undergrowth to try and reunite with his mutt. There he encounters their previous quarry and discovers things might not be so straightforward as he'd previously thought; especially when he returns and meets the fugitive's daughter "Julie" (Anne Baxter) and has to cross swords with the scheming "Dorson" brothers - Ward Bond and Guinn Williams (whom I swear has more than a passing resemblance to George W. Bush!). The story has an inevitability about it, but Brennan and Andrews, not for the first time, gel well - as do Andrews and the slightly doey eyed Baxter. Eugene Pallette - or at least his inimitable voice - helps keep it moving, alongside John Carradine and a gentle performance from Mary Howard making for an untaxing, but enjoyable enough thriller with some lovely cinematography and real life alligators!

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
hunterswampfugitiveon the runblack and whitequicksanddog