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Lure of the Wilderness (1952)

Lure of the Wilderness poster
Directed by
Jean Negulesco
Genre
drama film, adventure film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets lost in a Georgia swamp and meets a woman living there with her father. They fall in love while dealing with the dangers of the wilderness and a hidden fugitive.

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What happens

Lure of the Wilderness is a 1952 American Technicolor romantic adventure film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter,Constance Smith and Walter Brennan. The screenplay is based on the 1941 novel Swamp Water by Vereen Bell. The film is a remake of Jean Renoir's 1941 adaptation of the novel, in which Brennan also appears. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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