The Girl of the Limberlost

{{short description|1945 film directed by Mel Ferrer}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Girl of the Limberlost

| image = The_Girl_of_the_Limberlost.poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical poster for the film

| director = Mel Ferrer (as Melchor G. Ferrer)

| producer = Alexis Thurn-Taxis

| writer = Erna Lazarus

| screenplay =

| story =

| based_on = {{Based on|A Girl of the Limberlost|Gene Stratton-Porter}}

| starring = Ruth Nelson
Dorinda Clifton
Loren Tindall

| narrator =

| music = Mischa Bakaleinikoff

| cinematography = Burnett Guffey

| editing = Al Clark

| studio = Columbia Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1945|10|11|US|ref1={{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24427| title=The Girl of the Limberlost: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 27, 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828104905/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24427 | url-status=live| archivedate=August 28, 2017}}}}

| runtime = 60 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

The Girl of the Limberlost is a 1945 American drama film starring Ruth Nelson, Dorinda Clifton, and Loren Tindall, and directed by Mel Ferrer. The film is based on a 1909 novel by Gene Stratton-Porter, which was previously filmed in 1909 as "A Girl of the Limeberlost".

The movie is set in Indiana's famous Limberlost Swamp, which was clear-cut, drained and turned into farmland in the early 20th century, despite efforts by Stratton-Porter and others to save it. A small part of the original swamp has been restored since the 1990s and is now a nature preserve.