Nobody has an easy time of it in the costume actioner Shark River. Wanted for murder, Clay Webley (Warren Stevens) and his wounded cellmate Curtis Parker (Robert Cunningham) hack their way through the Florida swampland. With the help of Clay's brother Dan (Steve Cochran), Clay is able to elude the authorities, but Parker dies of a snakebite. Subsisting on alligator meat, Dan and Clay make their way to the tiny cabin inhabited by widowed Jane Daughterty (Carole Mathews), her mother-in-law, and her son Johnny (Spencer Fox). The brothers rest here awhile, formulating plans to cross the Gulf of Mexico and head for Cuba.
Practical Effects
Real Everglades location shooting — no soundstage swamps here
Acting
Steve Cochran's simmering tension with Warren Stevens
Director
John Rawlins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spencer Fox, who plays young Johnny, was the original voice of Dash in The Incredibles — fifty years later.
Shot on location in the actual Everglades during peak mosquito season; crew reportedly went through gallons of repellent daily.
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