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Pretty much only for people into epic psychosexual hang-up movies, but if that includes you Desert Fury is glorious.Cut from the same place as Leave Her to Heaven in its mix of late 40s crime fatalism and lush hyperbolic melodrama (only this is directed by Lewis Allen instead of John M. Stahl so zero auteurist credentials despite a very good ...
Desert Fury is directed by Lewis Allen and adapted to screenplay by A.I. Bezzerides and Robert Rossen from the novel Desert Town written by Ramona Stewart. It stars Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Mary Astor, Burt Lancaster and Wendell Corey. Music is by Miklós Rózsa and cinematography by Edward Cronjager and Charles Lang.
Tempting Triangle Trifles! hitchcockthelegend 1 May 2019. Desert Fury is directed by Lewis Allen and adapted to screenplay by A.I. Bezzerides and Robert Rossen from the novel Desert Town written by Ramona Stewart. It stars Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Mary Astor, Burt Lancaster and Wendell Corey.
Kicked out of boarding school, Paula Haller (Lizabeth Scott) returns home to her overprotective mother Fritzi (Mary Astor), a wealthy casino owner in Chuckawalla, Nevada, where Paula resumes dating old flame Tom Hanson (Burt Lancaster), a former rodeo star turned local police officer, but finds herself physically drawn to gangster-widower Eddie ...
Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jul 24, 2013. A star-studded cast regrettably cannot overcome the shortcomings of Robert Rossen's script. Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 27, 2012. A ...
Jun 4, 2014 · Desert Fury was released in 1947, right in the midst of this extraordinary run of movies. It’s got a cast that seems destined for greatness—Mary Astor, Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, and John Hodiak—and a script by A. I. Bezzerides ( Kiss Me Deadly, On Dangerous Ground ) and Robert Rossen (writer/director of All the King's ...
