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Dark Waters (1944)

Dark Waters poster
Directed by
André de Toth
Genre
drama film, film noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman who survives a shipwreck goes to a remote Louisiana plantation to recover. She becomes suspicious that her relatives are plotting against her.

tensesuspensefulmelancholicgothicclaustrophobicnoir-ishatmosphericominous

What happens

Dark Waters is a 1944 American Gothic film noir based on the novel of the same name by Francis and Marian Cockrell. It was directed by Andre de Toth and starred Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, and Thomas Mitchell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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