Swamp Water (1941)
Lovely Gothic noir tale set deep in the Georgia swamps about an escaped convict hiding out, and how it affects the local inhabitants, especially his daughter and the man who discovers him.
Director Jean Renoir really goes to town with highly atmospheric cinematography, beautifully capturing the sweltering swamps with a neo-Gothic majesty.
Quite brutal in places, the film boasts a good cast with Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, John Carradine and Walter Brennan who i thought may have been miscast as the convict Tom Keefer but was actually the star of the show with a delightfully convincing performance.
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