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Dark Waters

Released Sep 21, 1945 1h 30m Mystery & Thriller List
Reviews 36% Audience Score 50+ Ratings
A Louisiana bayou doctor (Franchot Tone) protects an orphan heiress (Merle Oberon) from a schemer (Thomas Mitchell) trying to commit her to an asylum. Read More Read Less

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: B+ Feb 19, 2013 Full Review Glenn Heath Jr. House Next Door A hallucinatory jigsaw puzzle set in the deep swamps of 1940s Louisiana that becomes a perfect breeding ground for nourish shadows and deceptive wordplay. Feb 23, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member One of Andre De Toth's weaker Hollywood studio efforts. This one is a thriller but plays out like a melodrama for the first hour as it never really gets going. Only towards the end does some tension and action appear. The low-grade film and sound recording does not help either. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Weak in spots concerning plot, Dark Waters succeeds in delivering atmospheric chills and a thrilling finale set in the swamp, a concept later re-used in Cape Fear. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A Louisiana bayou doctor (Franchot Tone) protects an orphan heiress (Merle Oberon) from a schemer (Thomas Mitchell) trying to commit her to an asylum.
Director
Andre de Toth
Producer
Benedict Bogeaus
Screenwriter
Francis M. Cockrell, Marian B. Cockrell, Joan Harrison, Arthur T. Horman
Distributor
Image Entertainment Inc., United Artists, Key Video, New World Home Video, Astor Pictures Corporation
Production Co
Benedict Bogeaus Production
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 21, 1945, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 24, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Mono