Saturday, December 05, 2015

Swamp Water (1941)

Drama concerning a community in Georgia, near a swamp. A man encounters a fugitive hiding in the swamp area and establishes a business partnership with him.

This is one of those movies of which it is customary to say that Geography is the main character. Location shooting is the film's main asset. It tells a very melodramatic yet sufficiently entertaining story. The theme of miscarriage of justice is handled fairly; the death penalty is correctly seen as hazardous yet still profitable. Its risk of sacrificing good people is worth taking, since without it those people would still be harmed by bad people, and with it there is a good chance of getting rid of most of those bad people.

Rating: 54

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