A 19th-century con artist flees to the wilds of Florida to elude the law.A 19th-century con artist flees to the wilds of Florida to elude the law.A 19th-century con artist flees to the wilds of Florida to elude the law.
Victor Adamson
- Theron Henchman
- (uncredited)
Robert Anderson
- Theron Henchman
- (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Mary Bayless
- Townswoman at Dance
- (uncredited)
Bob Burns
- Townsman at Dance
- (uncredited)
James Bush
- Guard
- (uncredited)
Nora Bush
- Townswoman at Dance
- (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
- Townsman at Dance
- (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
- Miss Della
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first time that Will Geer and Ellen Corby, who would later play the grandparents on The Waltons (1972), were castmates. Twenty-one years later, they would co-star in another movie, Napoleon and Samantha (1972), before the series would take off later that same year. The show's pilot TV movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) from the previous year had a much different cast including Corby in her role but with Edgar Bergen in the Grandpa Walton role.
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Palm trees, red sunsets, gator wrasslin', and Terry Moore covered in mud...
Theodore Pratt's book becomes somewhat uncertain comedy-drama-adventure taking place in 1890 Miami, with land owner/confidence man Robert Cummings spreading word amongst the residents that a railroad will soon be running through South Florida. Jerome Courtland is the mail courier for the U.S. government who doesn't buy Cummings' story, especially after both men begin vying for the affections of runaway teen Terry Moore. Initially fluff-headed nonsense turns serious by the second half, with murderous scavengers trying to halt the progress, and swampland alligators giving everyone the bite. Cummings, talking as fast as Robert Preston in "The Music Man", looks every inch the dapper scoundrel, yet the writing doesn't give him a whole lot to work with (the script is plot-heavy without ironing out the characters). The overlit, occasionally gloppy color photography isn't helped by sequences that change from location shoots to studio replicas in the blink of an eye, and the wavering tone is disconcerting, yet director Earl McEvoy manages to keep everyone's spirits up and the picture is seldom dull. **1/2 from ****
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- moonspinner55
- Jul 22, 2008
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- Strandräuber in Florida
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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