Lure of the Wilderness (1952)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Jean Negulesco

Writers:

Vereen Bell (novel)
Louis Lantz (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 November 1952 (Sweden)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

LURE OF LOVE IN THE DEVIL'S OWN DOMAIN! -- The Treacherous Swampland of Georgia!

Plot:

A young girl and her father, who is unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until...

Plot Keywords:

Swamp | Murder | Georgia | Wilderness | 1910s

Cast

Jean Peters	...	Laurie Harper
Jeffrey Hunter	...	Ben Tyler
Constance Smith	...	Noreen McGowan
Walter Brennan	...	Jim Harper
Tom Tully	...	Zack Taylor
Harry Shannon	...	Pat McGowan
Will Wright	...	Sheriff Brink
Jack Elam	...	Dave Longden
Harry Carter	...	Ned Tyler

Also Known As:

Cry of the Swamp (USA) (working title)
Land of the Trembling Earth/2 (USA) (original script title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Georgia, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Walter Brennan and Sherman Sanders originated their roles a decade earlier in Jean Renoir's Swamp Water (1941)

Movie Connections:

Version of Swamp Water (1941)

Soundtrack:

Turkey in the Straw

Film basis

This film was based on the earlier "Swamp Water" - both great films. The earlier film also starred Dana Andrews and John Carradine. I loved all the Walter Brennan movies as well as his character, Grandpa Amos, in the TV series "The Real McCoys", which starred another late and great actor, Richard Crenna, as Luke.