A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.
Acting
Jennifer Jones smolders through every frame like the swamp itself.
Direction
King Vidor makes 82 minutes feel like a fever dream.
Cinematography
The bayou practically drips off the screen.
Director
King Vidor
Jennifer Jones
Ruby Gentry
Charlton Heston
Boake Tackman
Karl Malden
Jim Gentry
Tom Tully
Jud Corey
James Anderson
Lucien/Jewel Corey
Josephine Hutchinson
Letitia Gentry
Phyllis Avery
Therese/Tracy McAuliffe
Herbert Heyes
le juge Tackman
Charles Cane
Charlie/Cullen McAuliffe
Sam Flint
Neil Fallgren
Frank Wilcox
Clyde Pratt
Barney Phillips
dr. Saul Manfred/Louis
Edgar Dearing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
King Vidor shot on location in Louisiana swamps, where Jennifer Jones reportedly got trench foot and still delivered that performance.
This was Charlton Heston's immediate follow-up to his Oscar-winning Ben-Hur debut — talk about whiplash between roles.
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