The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

The Legend of Boggy Creek is a 1972 horror docudrama about the "Fouke Monster," a Bigfoot-type creature that has been seen in and around Fouke, Arkansas since the 1950s. The film mixes staged interviews with some local residents who claim to have encountered the creature, along with fictitious reenactments of said encounters. Charles B. Pierce, an advertising salesman from Texarkana on the Arkansas/Texas border, borrowed over $100,000 from a local trucking company, used an old 35mm movie camera and hired locals (mainly high school students) to help make the 90-minute film. The film has generated approximately $20 million in box office revenue and is available on DVD.

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Cast:

• Dave Ball
• Judy Baltom
• B. R. Barrington
• Lloyd Bowen
• Glenn Carruth
• Chuck Pierce, Jr.
• Sarah Coble
• Buddy Crabtree
• Jeff Crabtree
• Travis Crabtree
• Billy Crawford
• Bunny Dees
• George Dobson
• John P. Hixon
• J. E. "Smokey" Crabtree
• Mary B. Johnson
• Herb Jones
• Dennis Lamb
• Loraine Lamb
• Anthony Newsom
• Jim Nicklus
• Dave O'Brien
• John W. Oates
• Flo Pierce
• Willie E. Smith
• Vern Stierman
• William Stumpp
• John Wallis