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Desert Fury. Desert Fury is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen, and starring John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott and Burt Lancaster. Its plot follows the daughter of a casino owner in a small Nevada town who becomes involved with a racketeer who was once suspected of murdering his wife.
- $2.9 million (US rentals)
- Hal B. Wallis
Desert Fury: Directed by Lewis Allen. With John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey. The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.
- (1.9K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Lewis Allen
- 1947-08-15
Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak and Mary Astor - fury lurking in the desert. Mostly in fact, on balance, Desert Fury appears to be cars racing along the scrubland highway, to and from various ranches. Lizbeth Scott and Mary Astor play a mother and daughter at war, and it’s really their film. You couldn’t win as a woman in Hollywood, at least in ...
Fritzi Haller is a powerful casino owner in Chuckawalla, Nevada. Her daughter Paula, having quit school, returns at the same time as racketeer Eddie Bendix, who left under suspicion of murdering his wife. When Paula and Eddie become involved, Fritzi, Paula's old beau Tom, and Eddie's pal Johnny try to break up the relationship, each for her or ...
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Desert Fury marked the screen debut of Broadway actor Wendell Corey. Paramount borrowed John Hodiak from M-G-M for the film. Paramount borrowed John Hodiak from M-G-M for the film. Par News reported the following production information: The Main Street scenes were shot in the small town of Cottonwood, AZ, which was rented by the studio.
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.