Swamp Fire

Swamp Fire

69 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Sept. 6, 1946

Highlights in this one include a fist-fight between Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe (I won't give away the winner, but check the cast order); a cat-fight between Virginia Grey and Carol Thurston that the male cast of Sienfeld would pay to see and, just to keep things moving, Weissmuller wrestles an alligator, and there are two mid-water collisions between small-craft boats, a big ship wreck and a blazing swamp fire finale. Toss in a plot that has Weissmuller as a psycho-neurotic war veteran who, because he piled up his Navy destroyer on the rocks, now dreads returning to his pre-war occupation of a pilot guiding ships through the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi. Throw in icy Virginia Grey as a spoiled heiress out to take Johnny away from his job, his friends and the girl he loves (who knows why), and you have enough plot and action for two Pine-Thomas jewels.

Swamp Fire

69 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Sept. 6, 1946

Swamp Fire
Highlights in this one include a fist-fight between Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe (I won't give away the winner, but check the cast order); a cat-fight between Virginia Grey and Carol Thurston that the male cast of Sienfeld would pay to see and, just to keep things moving, Weissmuller wrestles an alligator, and there are two mid-water collisions between small-craft boats, a big ship wreck and a blazing swamp fire finale. Toss in a plot that has Weissmuller as a psycho-neurotic war veteran who, because he piled up his Navy destroyer on the rocks, now dreads returning to his pre-war occupation of a pilot guiding ships through the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi. Throw in icy Virginia Grey as a spoiled heiress out to take Johnny away from his job, his friends and the girl he loves (who knows why), and you have enough plot and action for two Pine-Thomas jewels.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Pine-Thomas Productions
Original title Swamp Fire
Directors William H. Pine, Harold E. Knox
Writers Daniel Mainwaring

Cast

Johnny Weissmüller

as Johnny Duval

Virginia Grey

as Janet Hilton

Buster Crabbe

as Mike Kalavich

Carol Thurston

as Toni Rousseau

Pedro de Cordoba

as Tim Rousseau

Marcelle Corday

as Grandmere Rousseau

William Edmunds

as Emile Ledoux

Edwin Maxwell

as Capt. Pierre Moise

Pierre Watkin

as P.T. Hilton

Charles Gordon

as Capt. Hal Peyton

Frank Fenton

as Capt. Pete Dailey