Movie
Desert Fury
Drama film with a runtime of 94 minutes, released in 1947. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Desert Fury is a rarety for the 1940s, a Technicolor "film noir." Set in a Nevada gambling town, the story concerns the various misadventures, romantic and otherwise, of Paula Haller (Lizabeth Scott), the rebellious daughter of gambling-house proprietress Fritzie Haller (Mary Astor, who steals the picture). Though no better than she ought to be, Fritzie is determined that Paula will not grow up as a "shady lady", but she'd fighting an uphill battle. John Hodiak plays crooked gambler Eddie Bendix (John Hodiak), who tries to exploit Paula's fascination with him for his own gain. Thank heaven that upright lawman Tom Hanson (Burt Lancaster) is on hand to rescue the heroine from the machinations of Bendix and his partner-in-perfidy Johnny Ryan (Wendell Corey). Desert Fury was adapted from the far racier and more explicit novel by Ramona Stewart.
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Cast
- Lizabeth Scott
- Mary Astor
- Burt Lancaster
- John Hodiak
- Wendell Corey
- Kristine Miller
- William Harrigan
- James Flavin
- Jane Novak
- Ana Camargo
- Milton Kibbee
- Milt Kibbee
- Ralph Peters
- John Farrell
- Ray Teal
- Harland Tucker
- Lew Harvey
- Tom Schamp
- Ed Randolph
- Mike Lally
- Gordon Jennings
- Charles Lang
- Edward Cronjager
- Edith Head
- Robert Rossen
- Warren Low
- A.I. Bezzerides
- Wally Westmore
- Edward J. Cronjager
- Perry Ferguson
- Sam Comer
