Dark Waters (1944)


Dark Waters
Release Date21 November 1944
TaglineFEAR of a Man...FEAR of the Swamp...FEAR of MURDER!
GenreFilm-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPsychological Thriller
ThemesMental Breakdown, Inheritance at Stake
TagsBoat, Craziness, Death, Disaster, Grief, Guilt, Impersonation, Inheritance, Mental Illness

Dark Waters is a 1944 Gothic horror film based on the novel of the same name by Francis and Marian Cockrell. It was directed by André De Toth and starred Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone and Thomas Mitchell. A shaken survivor of a ship sunk by a submarine travels to her aunt and uncle's Louisiana plantation to recuperate, but her relatives have other ideas.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Leslie Calvin

Dr. George Grover

Mr. Sydney

Aunt Emily

Uncle Norbert

Pearson Jackson

Mama Boudreaux

Eugene Borden
Papa Boudreaux

Rita Beery
Nurse

Eileen Coghlan
Jeanette

The doctor

Director

Writer

Francis M. Cockrell

Marian B. Cockrell
,

Arthur T. Horman

uncredited

Producer

Benedict Bogeaus
producer

James Nasser
executive producer

Original Music

Miklós Rózsa

Cinematographer

John J. Mescall

Archie Stout
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Editor

James Smith
-

Art Director

Charles Odds
-

Set Decorator

Maurice Yates
-

Makeup Department

Ted Larsen
makeup artist

Scotty Rackin
hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joseph Depew
assistant director

Sound Department

Frank Webster
sound technician

Special Effects

Harry Redmond Jr.
special effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Greta
wardrobe

René Hubert
costumes: Miss Oberon

Music Department

Miklós Rózsa
musical director

Eugene Zador
orchestrator

Other Crew

Carley Harriman
assistant to producer

Arthur M. Landau
production associate

Jack Crosby
dance director

Production Company

Benedict Bogeaus Production

Distributor

United Artists

Astor Pictures Corporation

Image Entertainment
,

Key Video

New World Home Video






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