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The Louisiana bayous: A guy called James Lister (Willard Parker) hires
Simon (Marshall Thompson), a guy who knows the region like no other, to
take him out on a boat tour through the swamps. Nothing suspicious there,
since that's how Simon earns his living. Sure, the man acts weird, seems
to make a map of sorts, is over-attached to his suitcase one usually
doesn't bring on such a tour, and eventually asks Simon to leave him alone
in the middle of the swamp for an hour or so ... but still, Simon has no
reason to suspect him of anything, everyone has a right to be eccentric,
right? A few days later, Simon reads that Lister has been found dead,
murdered, that he has been part of a gang of bankrobbers, and that the
loot of their big coup is still missing. So Lister must have hidden the
money, a cool half million, somewhere in the swamps ... Soon, a bunch of
weirdos show up in the bayous: Steggins (Leo Gordon), an insurance
investigator who asks all sorts of questions hinting he believes Simon
knows where the money is hidden without saying it. Cora (Joan Vohs), a
photographer who begs Simon to take her out to the swamps, and who uses
her sex appeal a bit too aggressively - much to the dismay of Simon's
girlfriend Evie (Joan Lora). And then there's Henry Bliss (Jack Elam),
Lister's former partner who has Lister's treasure map - but he still needs
Simon as his guide, and promises him half of the loot in return. Simon
decides to side with Bliss. He knows it's the wrong thing to do,
especially judging from the way that Bliss behaves, but the lure of the
money is too big. However, since Bliss is wanted by the police, Simon has
to keep him out of the public eye, which should be an easy thing in the
swamps, but for some reason either Steggins or Cora seem to show up every
step along the way ... and Cora proves to eventually be the downfall of
the always-horny Bliss, who tries to rape her but is eaten up by quicksand
instead - but not before Cora got hold of his treasure map. Turns out she
is the widow of Lister, and she now wants to claim the loot she believes
rightfully hers - but she, too, still needs Simon as her guide. Once she
gets hold of the money though, she shoots and gravely wounds Simon ...
then though she stumbles into a puddle of quicksand and starts sinking,
with the money pulling her under all the quicker. And Simon? Well, he
has lost all of the money that was never his but is saved by Steggins and
Evie at least. Pretty decent low budget swamp-set film noir
that might not be greatly acted or directed, but that has two things
definitely going for it: A great plot, and the beautiful and moody
Bayou-backdrops - and in this case, this actually proves to be more than
enough to make this one a really good film!
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