If you love Dogs and love people who will defend their Dogs to the very end, then this Movie is right down your Alley. And do you like solving a Murder Case? And talk about Stars in this Movie-
- 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
- Matt Willis as Miles Tonkin
- Mae Marsh as Mrs. McCord (uncredited)
These excellent group of Stars go on to do many other entertaining endeavours.
And Filmed right straight into a real Swamp where filming was delayed because Walter Brennan suffered a Water Moccasin Bite on his left cheek on his face.
Which one?
The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness. The Okefenokee Swamp is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia and is the largest “blackwater” swamp in North America. The Okefenokee Swamp was named after the Choctaw phrase, “Land of the Trembling Earth”.[1]
Swamp Water is a great old movie. It’s a film noir set in the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. It stars Dana Andrews, Walter Brennan, and Anne Baxter
Swamp Water (1941) movie poster
The plot of the movie is as follows:
Ben Ragan (Andrews), a hunter, ventures into the dangerous Okefenokee Swamp despite protests from his father, Thursday (Huston). There, he’s captured and held prisoner by Tom Keefer (Brennan) a fugitive who has been hiding in the swamp to avoid hanging. Tom allows Ben to leave on the condition that he split his hunting profits with Tom’s daughter, Julie (Baxter), who lives in town. Ben agrees, and, after a fight with his father, moves to a home closer to Julie and gradually falls for her.
The movie was directed by Jean Renoir, a French filmmaker who was known for his experimental and visually striking films. Swamp Water is considered to be one of Renoir’s best American films. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.
Swamp Water is a well-made and suspenseful film. It’s a great example of film noir, and it’s also a good introduction to Jean Renoir’s work. I highly recommend it.
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