''Swamp Shark'' is a 2011
low budget
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American
thriller film
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directed by
Griff Furst
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Furst has appeared in over a hundred television and film productions. He has produced such films as ''You Might Be The Killer'', ''Welcome to Sudden Death'', and ''Tales From the Hood''. He di ...
and starring
Kristy Swanson
Kristen Noel Swanson (born December 19, 1969) is an American actress. She is best recognized for having played Buffy Summers in the 1992 film '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and appeared in the 1996 film ''The Phantom''.
Her first starring role w ...
,
D. B. Sweeney
Daniel Bernard Sweeney (born November 14, 1961) is an American actor.
Early life
Sweeney was born in Shoreham, New York, on November 14, 1961. He attended both Tulane and New York University.
Career
In 1990, Sweeney starred as Treplev in Jeff Co ...
,
Robert Davi
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,
Jason Rogel
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, Sophia Sinise,
Richard Tanne
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, and
Jeff Chase
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Chase was born in Paterson, New Jersey. Raised in Totowa, New Jersey and West Pat ...
. The film was produced by Kenneth M. Badish and Daniel Lewis and was written by Eric Miller, Charles Bolon, and Jennifer Iwen. It is a
Syfy
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Channel original picture which premiered in the U.S. on the
Syfy
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Channel on June 25, 2011.
Plot
An animal smuggler accidentally releases a large shark into a swamp near a town, and the shark happens to like the taste of humans.
Cast
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Kristy Swanson
Kristen Noel Swanson (born December 19, 1969) is an American actress. She is best recognized for having played Buffy Summers in the 1992 film '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and appeared in the 1996 film ''The Phantom''.
Her first starring role w ...
as Rachel Bouchard
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D. B. Sweeney
Daniel Bernard Sweeney (born November 14, 1961) is an American actor.
Early life
Sweeney was born in Shoreham, New York, on November 14, 1961. He attended both Tulane and New York University.
Career
In 1990, Sweeney starred as Treplev in Jeff Co ...
as Tommy Breysler
*
Robert Davi
Robert John Davi (born 1953) is an American actor, singer and filmmaker. Over the course of his acting career, Davi has performed in more than 130 films. Among his most known roles are opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli in ''The Goonies'' (1985), ...
as Sheriff Watson
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Jason Rogel
Jason Rogel is an American actor. He recently played Sebastian on Season 2 of ''Raven's Home.'' Rogel also starred as Ricky, the office gossip, on Freeform's '' Kevin from Work,'' and as Larry in ABC Family's Christmas musical, ''The Mistle-T ...
as Martin
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Jeff Chase
Jeff Chase (born Jeffrey L. Sniffen; January 17, 1968) is an American film and television actor who played for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League.
Chase was born in Paterson, New Jersey. Raised in Totowa, New Jersey and West Pat ...
as Jason "Swamp Thing" Bouchard
*
Richard Tanne
Richard Tanne (born February 4, 1985) is an American filmmaker and actor. His critically acclaimed feature film debut '' Southside with You'' (2016), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received several accolades including a Gotham Awa ...
as Tyler
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Dylan Ramsey
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* Dylan (musician), profess ...
as Scott
* Sophie Sinise as Krystal Bouchard
*
Wade Boggs
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as Deputy Stanley
* Ashton Leigh as Amber
* Thomas Tah Hyde III as Marcus
* Charles Harrelson as Noah
* Natacha Itzel as Sarah
* Harold Evans as Jackson
* Lance E. Nichols as Simon
References
External links
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2011 television films
2011 films
2010s science fiction horror films
2011 horror films
Films about sharks
American science fiction horror films
Syfy original films
Films about shark attacks
Films directed by Griff Furst
American horror television films
2010s American films
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