Swamp water

feature film, 1941

DIRECTED BY: Jean Renoir

Swamp water

CAST:
Walter Brennan (Tom Keefer),
Walter Huston (Thursday Ragan),
Anne Baxter (Julie),
Dana Andrews (Ben),
Virginia Gilmore (Mabel MacKenzie)

SCRIPT:
Dudley Nichols (prema romanu Vereen Bell)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
J. Peverell Marley

Synopsis:
Renoir’s first film made in America is a story about a falsely accused man. Tom Keefer, although innocent, was convicted of murder and sentenced to hanging. He manages to escape and start a new life by hiding in the swamp. A hunter named Ben accidentally finds him and, after hearing his story, becomes his ally. They hunt animals for fur so Ben’s father can sell them, and Tom asks for his share of the money so he can send it to his daughter Julie...

35 mm, b/w, 88 min