Desert Fury

Description

Lewis Allen (A Bullet for Joey, The Uninvited) directed this classic film noir in Technicolor, starring Lizabeth Scott (Pitfall), Burt Lancaster (I Walk By myself), John Hodiak (Lifeboat), Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon) and Wendell Corey (Harriet Craig). Eddie Bendix (Hodiak) and his henchman, Johnny Ryan (Corey), two gangsters within the gambling trade, return to a small desert the city outdoor of Reno. Years ago, Eddie had left the city under suspicion of murdering his wife and after running into some trouble in Las Vegas, Eddie now hopes to get involved with the local gambling house whose proprietor is his ex-flame Fritzi Haller (Astor). To complicate matters, Eddie falls for Fritzi’s daughter (Scott), who was involved with the local lawman Tom Hanson (Lancaster), who’s still in love together with her. Desert Fury was once adapted for the screen by filmmaker Robert Rossen (The Ordinary Love of Martha Ivers) from the a long way racier and more explicit novel by Ramona Stewart (The Possession of Joel Delaney).

Special Features:
-NEW Audio Observation by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith
-Theatrical Trailer