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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.
Language
Budget$258,000
Revenue --
English,
Français
Budget$258,000
Revenue --
Keywords
propaganda
alligator
louisiana
bayou
oil spill
docudrama
teenage boy
oil industry
cajun
raccoon
drilling for oil
1940s
corporate propaganda
docufiction
Casts
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
Crews
Robert Flaherty
Director
Robert Flaherty
Screenplay
Serge Roullet
Assistant Director
Frances H. Flaherty
Screenplay
Helen van Dongen
Associate Producer
Leonard Stark
Sound Assistant
Richard Leacock
Associate Producer
Dick Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eugene Ormandy
Conductor
Ralph Rosenblum
Assistant Editor
Helen van Dongen
Editor
Robert Flaherty
Producer
Virgil Thomson
Original Music Composer
Benjamín Doniger
Sound Recordist
Richard Leacock
Director of Photography
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