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Dark Waters

Dark Waters

1944Movie⏱️ 1h 30mApproved
DramaFilm-NoirMysteryThriller
6.5
IMDB Rating
1,200 votes

A woman returns to the USA after a German U-boat sank her ship, and finds out that someone wants to kill her for her inheritance.

Director
André De Toth
Writers
Francis M. Cockrell, Marian B. Cockrell, Joan Harrison
Stars
Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, Thomas Mitchell
Release Date
November 21, 1944
Language
English
Country
United States
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Wins
💬 27
Reviews
📋 1.3K
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🎭 Top Cast

Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
as Leslie Calvin
Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone
as Dr. George Grover
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
as Mr. Sydney
Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter
as Aunt Emily
Elisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Cleeve
John Qualen
John Qualen
as Uncle Norbert
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram
as Pearson Jackson
Nina Mae McKinney
Nina Mae McKinney
as Florella
Odette Myrtil
Odette Myrtil
as Mama Boudreaux
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Eugene Borden
as Papa Boudreaux

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Benedict Bogeaus Production

🏷️ Keywords

boathixploitationwomanquicksandinsanity

🎯 Categories

Film NoirDramaMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Terror In The Bayou
by bkoganbing2009-09-16
7/10

"It seems too good for Merle Oberon in Dark Waters. Being one of four survivors from a ship that left Japanese occupied Dutch East Indies in a perilous voyage that took her parents, she's alone in the world. But her doctor, Alan Napier, in New Orleans where she was taken finds she has relatives in New York. But miracle of miracles they are in residence in an old family plantation in the bayou country not far from the Big Easy. She makes arrangements to go there and sends a telegram. Merle's odyssey then takes a strange turn when no one is there to meet her at the station. She eventua..."

💡 Did You Know?

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 27, 1944 with Merle Oberon and Thomas Mitchell reprising their film roles.

📖 Synopsis

A woman returns to the USA after a German U-boat sank her ship, and finds out that someone wants to kill her for her inheritance.