Top billed cast

1. 

   John Hodiak

   Eddie Bendix

2. 

   Lizabeth Scott

   Paula Haller

3. 

   Burt Lancaster

   Tom Hanson

4. 

   Wendell Corey

   Johnny Ryan

5. 

   Mary Astor

   Fritzi Haller

6. 

   Kristine Miller

   Claire Lindquist

7. 

   William Harrigan

   Berle Lindquist

8. 

   James Flavin

   Pat Johnson

9. 

   Jane Novak

   Mrs. Lindquist

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-05-01

Tempting Trifle Triangles!

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.

My my, what do we have here then? Desert Fury is a sort of collage of film noir and melodramatic shenanigans played out in splendid Technicolor saturation and set in amongst spanking vistas. Plot in short form finds Scott as Paula Haller, a la...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• casino
• based on novel or book
• nevada
• bridge
• film noir
• desert
• racketeers
• mining town
• mother daughter relationship