Yellowneck (1955)5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba. Director:R. John Hugh |
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Yellowneck (1955)5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba. Director:R. John Hugh |
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The Sergeant
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Stephen Courtleigh | ... |
The Colonel
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Berry Kroeger | ... |
Plunkett
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Harold Gordon | ... |
Cockney
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Bill Mason | ... |
The Kid
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Al Tamez | ... |
Seminole
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Jose Billie | ... |
Dead body
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Roy Nash Osceola | ... |
Seminole
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A disgraced Confederate Colonel who has deserted his command flees to the Everglades where he encounters a disparate group of four other Southern deserters. Togethher they struggle to find their way out of the swamp and resolve their own personal demons under the eyes of hostile Seminoles as they battle to survive the elements and each other. Written by duke1029@aol.com
This modestly budgeted oddity from the mid-fifties is as good an example as I can think of of how to make something out of nothing. Set in the waning days of the Civil War, Yellowneck follows several Confederate army deserters in their flight through the Florida Everglades. The actors are all good and the predicament these characters are in is dramatized with a fair amount of realism. Poisonous snakes, insects and alligators abound, as these unfortunate men have gone from the hell of the Civil War into the frying pan of the swamp. They squabble amongst one another a good deal, but their biggest enemy is nature itself, which seems to be conspiring against them at every turn. One comes to like some of these men very much, and despise others. The pathetic nature of their plight is always apparent, and we cannot help but feel for them as they slog through the mud, their hopes diminishing with each passing day. A fine. psychologically provocative piece of film-making, in tone and sensibility, a sort of cross between Ambrose Bierce and Albert Camus.