Movie

Mystery of the Riverboat

1944 · 218 min

A brisk old-fashioned chapter-play full of swamp scheming, fistfights and cliffhangers, easy to dip into and pleasantly dated.

Overview: A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.
How it feels: Tense, campy, dark and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Crime, greed, deception, betrayal
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
greed
deception
betrayal
justice
Places: countryside
sea
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none