In a Georgia swamp, a young hunter stumbles upon a wanted fugitive and his daughter, and helps them return to civilization.In a Georgia swamp, a young hunter stumbles upon a wanted fugitive and his daughter, and helps them return to civilization.In a Georgia swamp, a young hunter stumbles upon a wanted fugitive and his daughter, and helps them return to civilization.
Robert Adler
- Will Stone
- (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
- Musician
- (uncredited)
Nora Bush
- Townswoman at Barn Dance
- (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
- Townsman at Barn Dance
- (uncredited)
Norman Field
- Deputy Sheriff
- (uncredited)
Robert Haines
- Townsman at Barn Dance
- (uncredited)
Pat Hogan
- Harry Longden
- (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
- Young Man
- (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
- Jack Doran
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWalter Brennan (Jim Harper) and Sherman Sanders (Square Dance Caller) originated their roles in Jean Renoir's Swamp Water (1941)
- ConnectionsVersion of Swamp Water (1941)
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Into the wild.
A remake of "swamp water " ,Renoir's first American movie ,"lure of the wilderness 's is an estimable one ;the star of the movie is the swamp water ,and if it was filmed in black and white in the first version, color landscapes are a feast for the eye .Twelve years later , Walter Brennan plays the same part as in the French director's work .
But the characters are not cardboard; Jim and Laurie are outcasts , but they are not that much anxious to come back to "civilization" because the dice are loaded and the father won't have a fair trial ; Ben runs into them by chance ;he,too ,is some kind of orphan, for his father has thrown it out of the house when he told him he intended to come back to this doomed swamp where many a man got lost .So Jim becomes a surrogate father to him , his life comes now to resemble his/theirs,not the other way about ; and Jean Peters (who would also play an indian opposite Lancaster in Aldrich's " Apache" (1954))is a better "wild " girl than Ann Baxter .
The ball is an important scene because it's the first (timid) attempt to take Laurie back to the community ;as a fugitive outlaw's daughter she does not stand any chance to be accepted by the well-to-do people;the film is as much a man clearing his name as a younger 's initiation rite : the graves he digs is not for Harper ...
But the characters are not cardboard; Jim and Laurie are outcasts , but they are not that much anxious to come back to "civilization" because the dice are loaded and the father won't have a fair trial ; Ben runs into them by chance ;he,too ,is some kind of orphan, for his father has thrown it out of the house when he told him he intended to come back to this doomed swamp where many a man got lost .So Jim becomes a surrogate father to him , his life comes now to resemble his/theirs,not the other way about ; and Jean Peters (who would also play an indian opposite Lancaster in Aldrich's " Apache" (1954))is a better "wild " girl than Ann Baxter .
The ball is an important scene because it's the first (timid) attempt to take Laurie back to the community ;as a fugitive outlaw's daughter she does not stand any chance to be accepted by the well-to-do people;the film is as much a man clearing his name as a younger 's initiation rite : the graves he digs is not for Harper ...
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- Feb 11, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Lure of the Wilderness (1952) officially released in India in English?
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