Yellowneck (1955)
Five Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba.
A disgraced Confederate Colonel who has deserted his command flees to the Everglades where he encounters a disparate group of four other Southern deserters. Together 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.
- Date of release
- 1955-05-22
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Drama, Western, War
- Director
- R. John Hugh
Casting
- Lin McCarthy — Sergeant Todd
- Stephen Courtleigh — The Colonel
- Berry Kroeger — Plunkett
- Harold Gordon — Cockney
- Al Tamez — Seminole
- Jose Billie — Dead body
- Roy Nash Osceola — Seminole
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Florida
Yellowneck is a 1955 American Civil War film directed by R. John Hugh and starring Lin McCarthy, Stephen Courtleigh, Berry Kroeger and Harold Gordon. It tells the story of five deserters from the Confederate Army who make their way past the Everglades and angry Seminole Indians, in an attempt to get to the Florida coast and then to Cuba.
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