Friday, September 24, 2010

Swamp Country (1966)


Directed by Robert Patrick
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Something Weird Video)

A moody little swamp drama with good music by Baker Knight. A woman is strangled in the Swamper Motel, and big game hunter David DaLie is the suspect. He heads for the nearby swamp on foot to escape the police. Sheriff Rex Allen, the familiar voice of many Disney nature documentaries, and his Deputy Lyle Waggoner, later a 70s TV staple, are the local yahoo police who don't do much. I think the film belongs to Baker Knight, who gets to sing his peculiar brand of country-blues in a small bar, while arguing with his girlfriend and even fighting with the sheriff, who also has a thing for the same girl.

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