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Dark Waters

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A Louisiana bayou doctor (Franchot Tone) protects an orphan heiress (Merle Oberon) from a schemer (Thomas Mitchell) trying to commit her to an asylum.

Critics Reviews

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 02/19/2013
B+
Glenn Heath Jr. House Next Door 02/23/2011
A hallucinatory jigsaw puzzle set in the deep swamps of 1940s Louisiana that becomes a perfect breeding ground for nourish shadows and deceptive wordplay. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/06/2013 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. See more 03/06/2011 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. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Andre de Toth

Director

Merle Oberon

Leslie Calvin

Franchot Tone

Dr. George Grover

Thomas Mitchell

Mr. Sydney

Francis M. Cockrell

Writer

Marian B. Cockrell

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Movie Info

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