113 Strangler of the Swamp ( 1946 )

The  heroine  is  so  much  the  best  reason  for  watching  this  B-movie  that  it  seems  superfluous  to  talk  about  anything  else.

Maria  Hart  takes  over  the  task  of  running  a  hand-pulled  ferry  through  a  swamp  after  the  mysterious  death  of  her  grandfather, unaware  that  the  ghost  of  his  wrongly  hanged  predecessor  is  coming  after  those  responsible. That's  about  it  really. Future  film  director  Blake  Edwards  plays  Maria's  love  interest.

Rosemary LaPlanche  ( as  Maria ) 

Sex : Rosemary  plays  most  of  her  scenes  in  a  loose  white  blouse without  a  bra. She's  also  rescued  from  an  attempted  rape  at  one  point.

Death : Survives

Rosemary  won  Miss  America  in  1941  although  she  had  made  some  uncredited  film appearances  before  that. Her  film  career  was  brief  before  she  started  a  family  with  producer Harry  Kaplan  and  took  up  oil  painting. She  died  of cancer  in  1979  aged  55.