Directed by:
Jean NegulescoScreenplay:
Louis LantzCinematography:
Edward CronjagerComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith, Walter Brennan, Tom Tully, Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dale Robertson, Will Wright, Robert Karnes, Robert Adler (more)Plots(1)
Lure of the Wilderness is a remake of 1941's Swamp Water, with Walter Brennan repeating his role as a half-crazed fugitive from justice. Living in the deepest recesses of the Okeefenokee Swamp with his daughter Laurie (Jean Peters), Jim Harper (Brennan) is discovered by young hunter Ben Tyler (Jeffrey Hunter). Believing in Harper's innocence, Tyler tries to raise enough money to mount a decent courtroom defense for the old man. Meanwhile, the actual perpetrators of the crime attributed to Harper do their best (or worst) to see to it that he never gets out of the swamp alive. While the original Swamp Water was the better of the two films, Lure of the Wilderness has the advantage of rich Technicolor photography. (official distributor synopsis)
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