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| Director: | Robert Flaherty | 
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| Writer: | Robert Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty | 
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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. | |
| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| Richard Leacock | Director of Photography | 
| Robert Flaherty | Screenplay, Director | 
| 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 | 
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| Helen van Dongen | Associate Producer | 
| Robert Flaherty | Producer | 
| Richard Leacock | Associate Producer | 
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