Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Robert Flaherty |
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| Writer: | Robert Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty |
| Staring: |
| The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 28, 1948 |
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| Director: | Robert Flaherty |
| Writer: | Robert Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty |
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama |
| Keywords | propaganda, louisiana, alligator, bayou, oil spill, docudrama, teenage boy, oil industry, cajun, raccoon, drilling for oil, 1940s, corporate propaganda, docufiction |
| Production Companies | Robert Flaherty Productions Inc., Standard Oil |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $258,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joseph Boudreaux | The Boy (Napoleon Alexander Ulysses Latour) |
| Lionel Le Blanc | His Father (Jean Latour) |
| E. Bienvenu | His Mother |
| Frank Hardy | The Driller |
| C.P. Guedry | The Boilerman |
| Oscar J. Yarborough | Oil Company Lessor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Leacock | Director of Photography |
| Robert Flaherty | Director, Screenplay |
| Helen van Dongen | Editor |
| Eugene Ormandy | Conductor |
| Virgil Thomson | Original Music Composer |
| Ralph Rosenblum | Assistant Editor |
| Benjamín Doniger | Sound Recordist |
| Leonard Stark | Sound Assistant |
| Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Frances H. Flaherty | Screenplay |
| Serge Roullet | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Helen van Dongen | Associate Producer |
| Robert Flaherty | Producer |
| Richard Leacock | Associate Producer |
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