Johnny has unsteady nerves after being responsible for a wartime shipwreck in which many mens lives were lost. Released 1946, swamp fire stars johnny weissmuller, virginia grey, buster crabbe, carol thurston the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 9 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. A scorned world war ii soldier with some serious trauma returns home to the mississippi bayou where he and an evil trapper both form a rivalry when they fight for the affection of the same young womanending with an. With johnny weissmuller, virginia grey, buster crabbe, carol thurston. Pine on allmovie the stunt casting is everything in swamp fire, a. Pine, marked a rare opportunity for olympic champion johnny weissmuller in a nontarzan performance for the very first time on screen not counting a cameo appearance in the 1943 allstar musical, stage door canteen for. Click on the pause buttom to allow the video to preload for a few seconds, then click the play.
Johnny weissmuller, virginia grey, buster crabbe director. Pine, with johnny weissmuller, virginia grey, buster crabbe, at turner classic movies. Swamp fire is a 1946 american adventure film directed by william h. Clear bmovie nonsense but not shitty or annoying enough to abruptly turn off and give up on. The paper size is approximately 11 x 14 inches 28cm x 36cm. This adventure, set upon the mighty mississippi, features two former tarzans. Fire management and research for biodiversity in the green swamp. One of them is a riverboat captain who was shell shocked in the. He obliges striking the wooden match against a porch post, lighting her cigarette. Read the full synopsis of swamp fire, 1946, directed by william h. In swamp fire, weissmuller plays johnny duval who returns home to the louisiana bayou after service in world war. Swamp fire never aspired to be anything more than a low budget bmovie intended for the double feature trade that thrived in the 1940s. Pine on allmovie this adventure, set upon the mighty mississippi.
Carol thurston, johnny weissmuller and virginia grey in swamp fire 1946. Swamp fire 1946 johnny weissmuller with english and portuguese subtitles. Swamp fire 1946 a rattled navy veteran johnny weissmuller returns to work as a bayou pilot on the foggy mississippi. Swamp fire,1946 full film, classic swamp movie youtube. How about a low budget classic starring not one but two jungle heroes. Starring johnny weissmuller, virginia grey, buster crabbe, carol. David janssen full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films.
At the 54 minute mark receives a light from johnny weismuller on the porch at night. Swamp fire style a 1946 single sided, decorative wall poster print. Hero takes revenge on the rich man and his daughter who stole his affections and. Swamp fire 1946 johnny weissmuller with english and. Swamp fire is available for free download at the internet archive.
A letter from bataan is a 1942 victory short documentary film or propaganda film made by paramount pictures in collaboration with the u. Watch and download swamp fire courtesy of jimbo berkey. Johnny was past 40 when he made this film while buster was still in his 30s so snide remarks about being out of shape are not only out of place but unwarranted. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Weissmuller and crabbe make for great adversaries, and the plot isnt as banal as it seems, making this a notch above other, similar movies from the period.
I flipped this on with hopes of seeing my favorite olympic goldwinning. The condition of this item is brand new mint condition. Highlights in this one include a fistfight between johnny weissmuller and buster crabbe i wont give away the winner, but check the cast order. Vci entertainment and paramount pictures present swamp fire 1946 69. No pinholes or tape and has never been hung or displayed. One of them is a riverboat captain who was shell shocked in the war. Yeah we got big bad buster crabb and johnny tarzan weissmuller fighting over the hot babe in the woods. Pine with johnny weissmuller, virginia grey, buster crabbe, carol thurston, year.
It had music by daniele amfitheatrof and the cinematography was by fred jackman jr. Pine, marked a rare opportunity for olympic champion johnny weissmuller in a nontarzan performance for the very first time on screen not counting a cameo appearance in the 1943 allstar musical, stage door canteen for united artists. David janssen list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Taking place in the louisiana bayou, the two men go head. The historic fire regime under which pocosins developed is estimated between 5 to 30 years wells 1946. Johnny weissmuller plays a shellshocked veteran of war who is piloting a riverboat on the mississippi.
Overview of swamp fire, 1946, directed by william h. Brand new and rolled and ready for display or framing. Office of war information and the united states government. Centralized data management office our data graphing and export system has been updated and now has enhanced graphing capabilities want to easily export or graph data if so check out our data graphing and export system. Swamp fire, 1946, film is known to be in the public domain. Tough flaming adventure weissmuller and crabbe bring you a new kind. Swamp fire 1946 virginia grey finally found the film she smokes in. In the delta county of louisiana, johnny duval is haunted. Swamp fire 1946 johnny weissmuller buster crabbe virginia grey. Today it is exactly thirty years since johnny weissmuller passed away, the most iconic of the many tarzan actors on the silver screen.
I was going to make a joke about this film being an actual swamp fire of crap but its actually pretty watchable. Johnny weismuller and buster crabbe are fighting each other for the love of a woman in this bayou swamp classic. Weissmuller, who was already famous for his achievements as a swimmer, including five olympic gold medals, was the first to portray the ape man in a sound movie. Postwwii, pilot johnny duval returns home to the bayous of louisiana after serving in the coast guard. Swamp fire was reproduced on premium heavy stock paper which captures all of the vivid colors and details of the original.
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