The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
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Joseph Boudreaux | ... | The Boy |
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Lionel Le Blanc | ... | His Father |
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E. Bienvenu | ... | His Mother (as Mrs. E. Bienvenu) |
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Frank Hardy | ... | The Driller |
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C.P. Guedry | ... | The Boilerman |
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Oscar J. Yarborough | ... | Oil Company Lessor |
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A young Cajun boy named Alexander Napolean Ulysses Latour spends his time on a Louisiana bayou. There he plays, fishes and hunts, worrying only about the alligators which infest its waters. The boy's innocent routine changes forever when his father signs a lease agreement with an oil company which brings a derrick into their corner of the bayou. Written by Shannon Patrick Sullivan <shannon@mun.ca>
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Being the Adventures of a "Cajun Huckleberry Finn" in the Bayous of Louiaiana...Parents Guide:
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USARelease Date:
28 October 1948 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Petit Anse Bayou, Louisiana, USAEdit
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$258,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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The score for this film, by Virgil Thomson, marks the only occasion that film music has won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Composition. See more »Goofs
In the opening sequence, when The Boy first spots the raccoon, his hair is neat. Then it's mussed. Then it's neat again. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Robert Flaherty was the great American documentary filmmaker from Nanook of the North to Louisiana Story. Funded by the oil industry, nonetheless, the great visuals from a director -cinematographer make this film a joy. Forget the story and "see" the film!