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| Directed by | Jean Renoir |
| Written by | Vereen Bell (novel) Dudley Nichols |
| Starring | Walter Brennan Walter Huston Anne Baxter |
| Release date(s) | 1941 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
Swamp Water is a 1941 film directed by Jean Renoir, starring Walter Brennan, produced at 20th Century Fox, and based on the novel by Vereen Bell. The drama was shot on location at Okefenokee Swamp, Waycross, Georgia, USA. This was Renoir's first American film. The movie was remade in 1952 as Lure of the Wilderness, directed by Jean Negulesco.
88 minutes, black and white.
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This film, like the novel on which it is based, is about a young boy (Ben) who encounters a fugitive (Tom) from a murder charge while hunting in the Okefenokee Swamp. The two form a partnership in which the youngster sells the animals hunted and trapped by both until townsfolk become suspicious.
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