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Swamp Water

"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.

Top Cast

  • Dana Andrews

    Dana Andrews

    Ben Ragan

  • Walter Huston

    Walter Huston

    Thursday Ragan

  • Anne Baxter

    Anne Baxter

    Julie Keefer

  • Walter Brennan

    Walter Brennan

    Tom Keefer

  • Mary Howard

    Mary Howard

    Hannah

  • Virginia Gilmore

    Virginia Gilmore

    Mabel MacKenzie

  • John Carradine

    John Carradine

    Jesse Wick

  • Ward Bond

    Ward Bond

    Tim Dorson

  • Matt Willis

    Matt Willis

    Miles Tonkin

Overview

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.

Rating

6.3 / 10
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jun 25, 2022

    "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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