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Shark River

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"THEY EAT 'EM ALIVE IN Shark River"

Duration

1h 20m

Release

13 Nov 1953

Country

United States

Language

English

Overview

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.

Plot

Clay Webley returns to Florida from the Civil War a hunted man and his brother, Dan Webley agrees to lead him and his wounded friend, Curtis Parker, through the Everglades to the Gulf of Mexico with Cuba as their final destination...

Cast

Steve CochranCarole MathewsWarren Stevens

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 5.8/10

Details

Director

John Rawlins

Writers

John RawlinsLouis LantzLewis Meltzer
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