Shark River

Shark River (1953)

THEY EAT 'EM ALIVE IN Shark River

Nobody has an easy time of it in the costume actioner Shark River. Wanted for murder, Clay Webley (Warren Stevens) and his wounded cellmate Curtis Parker (Robert Cunningham) hack their way through the Florida swampland. With the help of Clay's brother Dan (Steve Cochran), Clay is able to elude the authorities, but Parker dies of a snakebite. Subsisting on alligator meat, Dan and Clay make their way to the tiny cabin inhabited by widowed Jane Daughterty (Carole Mathews), her mother-in-law, and her son Johnny (Spencer Fox). The brothers rest here awhile, formulating plans to cross the Gulf of Mexico and head for Cuba.

Date of release
1953-11-13
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Western, Adventure
Director
John Rawlins

Casting

Interesting facts

Shark River is a 1953 American Florida Western adventure film directed by John Rawlins and written by Louis Lantz and Lewis Meltzer. It stars Steve Cochran, Carole Mathews, Warren Stevens, Robert Cunningham, Ruth Foreman, Spencer Fox and Bill Piper, and was released on November 13, 1953, by United Artists.

Production

The film is a historical period film set in Florida. It features depictions of the Seminole tribe of Native Americans as well as the dangerous beauty of Florida Everglades. The film was one of several crime thrillers set and filmed in Florida during the 1950s. Like Yellowneck, Snake River portrays Civil War deserters as unsavory cowards who ultimately get what they deserve.

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