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3.8/10   36 votes
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Director:
R. John Hugh
Writers:
R. John Hugh (story)
Nat S. Linden (screenplay)
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Release Date:
22 March 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Western
Plot:
5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba. | add synopsis
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Stretches What Little It Was Working WithToo Far more (4 total)

Cast

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Lin McCarthy ... Sergeant Todd
Stephen Courtleigh ... The Colonel
Berry Kroeger ... Plunkett
Harold Gordon ... Cockney
Bill Mason ... The Kid
Al Tamez
Jose Billie ... Billie / Josie
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Roy Nash Osceola
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Trucolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Canada:G (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA more
Company:
Republic Pictures more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Stretches What Little It Was Working WithToo Far, 10 September 2007
4/10
Author: mstomaso from Vulcan

This is a strange little film about five confederate deserters trying to make their way through the Everglades to escape capture. They find the wilderness to be a less merciful enemy than the union, as they battle hurricanes, snakes, Senecas, quicksand, and each other. Essentially, this is a raw, real - but not realistic, struggle for survival pitting men who have been branded cowards against nature and other men.

Although the film is over-acted, over-dramatized and over-long, it made a lasting impression on me as an adolescent. I first saw Yellowneck when I was between 9 and 12 years old. When I watched it last night, I remembered having seen it then about a quarter of the way through the film. There are aspects of this film which, at a very young age, I found frightening. As an adult who frequently works in environments such as the one depicted in the film, I can only reflect on my own (and the writer's) ignorant fearfulness today.

The script has too many soliloquies and generally over-dramatizes most of the story. The acting is OK, but the script forces almost all of the cast members to go overboard frequently. Lin McCarthy and Bill Mason both turn in solid performances. The directing, cinematography and editing are all good, but the film could have been 10-15 minutes shorter and just as good. As much as I appreciate character development, a few of the soliloquies and conversation scenes might have improved the film had they been left out.

Weakly recommended.

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