Swamp Water
| Swamp Water | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Jean Renoir |
| Produced by | Irving Pichel |
| Written by | Vereen Bell (novel) |
| Screenplay by | Dudley Nichols |
| Based on | Swamp Water 1940 |
| Starring |
Walter Brennan Walter Huston Anne Baxter<br<Dana Andrews |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography |
J. Peverell Marley Lucien Ballard |
| Editing by | Walter Thompson |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Release dates | 1941 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $601,900[1] |
Swamp Water is a 1941 film directed by Jean Renoir, starring Walter Brennan and Walter Huston, 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.
Plot outline
This film, like the novel on which it is based, is about a young boy, Ben, (Dana Andrews) who encounters a fugitive Tom Keefer (Walter Brennan) 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.
Cast
- Walter Brennan as Tom Keefer
- Walter Huston as Thursday Ragan
- Anne Baxter as Julie
- Dana Andrews as Ben
- Virginia Gilmore as Mabel MacKenzie
- John Carradine as Jesse Wick
- Mary Howard as Hannah
- Eugene Pallette as Sheriff Jeb McKane
- Ward Bond as Tim Dorson
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Bud Dorson (as Guinn Williams)
- Russell Simpson as Marty McCord
- Joe Sawyer as Hardy Ragan (as Joseph Sawyer)
- Paul E. Burns as Tulle McKenzie (as Paul Burns)
- Dave Morris as Barber
- Frank Austin as Fred Ulm
Reception
Although Renoir had difficulty adapting to Hollywood production methods, the film was popular at the box office and made a profit.[1]
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Swamp Water. |
- Swamp Water at the Internet Movie Database
- Swamp Water at allmovie
- Swamp Water at the TCM Movie Database