La Fille du bois maudit (1936)
Dans les forêts du Kentucky, pour des raisons oubliées depuis des générations, une haine profonde oppose les Falin aux Tolliver. Une équipe d'ingénieurs, dirigée par Jack Hale et le major Thurber, vient dans la région pour étudier la construction d'une voie ferrée. Hale se rend chez les Tolliver pour négocier l'achat de terres par le gouvernement. Il trouve le jeune Dave, le neveu de Judd et de Melissa, mourant de la gangrène à la suite d'une blessure à l'épaule causée par un coup de fusil tiré par les Falin. Jack sauve la vie de Dave. Reconnaissant, Judd signe l'acte de vente d'une partie de ses terres. Dave est amoureux de sa cousine June qui, désormais, n'a d'yeux que pour Jack. Les travaux avancent…
Directeur: Henry Hathaway
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Fred MacMurray as Jack Hale |
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Sylvia Sidney as June Tolliver |
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Henry Fonda as Dave Tolliver |
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Fred Stone as Judd Tolliver |
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Nigel Bruce as Thurber |
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Beulah Bondi as Melissa |
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Robert Barrat as Buck Falin |
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George McFarland as Buddie Tolliver |
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Fuzzy Knight as Tater |
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Tuffy as The Dog |
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Otto Fries as Corsey |
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Samuel S. Hinds as Sheriff |
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Alan Baxter as Clayt Tolliver |
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Fern Emmett as Lena Tolliver |
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Richard Carle as Ezra Tolliver |
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Henry Brandon as Wade Falin (as Henry Kleinbach) |
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Jess Barker as Merd Falin (as Philip Barker) |
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Bob Kortman as Gorley Falin |
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Frank Rice as Zeke Denker |
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Charles Middleton as Blacksmith |
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Clara Blandick as Gaptown Landlady |
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Irving Bacon as Mailman |
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John Larkin as Ebony |
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Merrill McCormick as Falin Clan Member (as Bill McCormick) |
| Production | Walter Wanger | Producer |
| Writing | Grover Jones | Writer |
| Directing | Henry Hathaway | Director |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Gerard Carbonara | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Robert Bischoff | Editor |
| Crew | Richard Talmadge | Stunts |
| Crew | Bud Geary | Stunts |
| Writing | John Fox Jr. | Novel |
| Directing | Richard Talmadge | Assistant Director |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Crew | Yakima Canutt | Stunts |
| Crew | Victor Metzetti | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Taylor | Costume Design |
| Sound | Hugo Grenzbach | Sound |
| Camera | W. Howard Greene | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Otto Metzetti | Stunts |
| Camera | Robert C. Bruce | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Yakima Canutt | Stunt Double |
| Production | John London | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Louis Alter | Songs |
| Writing | Sidney D. Mitchell | Lyricist |