Swamp Fire

Swamp Fire (1946)

WILD SAVAGE LAW... Tough Flaming Adventure!!

Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller battle it out in Cajun country! Johnny, a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi, is seduced away from his fiance (Carol Thurston) by a rich outsider (Virginia Grey) who's nursed him back to health after a serious accident. She owns a large piece of the swamp and has outlawed hunting on her property. His rival Mike (Crabbe) is a trapper who harbors deep resentment for Johnny and his new wealthy friends. When he feels Johnny is responsible for the hunting ban, he resorts to destructive acts of vengeance.

Date of release
1946-09-06
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 9m
Genres
Drama, Adventure, Action
Director
William H. Pine

Casting

Interesting facts

Swamp Fire is a 1946 American adventure film directed by William H. Pine and starring Johnny Weissmuller. The film pits two screen Tarzans against each other in their first film for Pine-Thomas Productions.

Production

The film was meant to be the first of a three-picture deal between Weissmuller and Pine-Thomas Productions which was signed in February 1944. He was going to make Combat Correspondent about a war correspondent in the South Pacific, and a musical Western. However Weissmuller only made one film for the company.

Filming was to have started on 10 April 1945 but was delayed until October.

Weissmuller was paid $75,000 for the role.

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