Desert Fury

1947Movie⏱️ 1h 36mApproved

CrimeDramaFilm-NoirRomanceThriller

⭐ 6.5

IMDB Rating

2,396 votes

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

Director

Lewis Allen

Writers

Robert Rossen, Ramona Stewart, A.I. Bezzerides

Stars

John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster

Release Date

August 15, 1947

Language

English

Country

United States

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Reviews

📋 2.5K

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🎭 Top Cast

John Hodiak

as Eddie Bendix

Lizabeth Scott

as Paula Haller

Burt Lancaster

as Tom Hanson

Wendell Corey

as Johnny Ryan

Mary Astor

as Fritzi Haller

Kristine Miller

as Claire Lindquist

William Harrigan

as Judge Berle Lindquist

James Flavin

as Sheriff Pat Johnson

Jane Novak

as Mrs. Lindquist

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Anna Camargo

as Rosa

💰 Box Office

$325

Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Color

Filming Location

Piru Mansion - 829 & 837 Park Road, Piru, California, USA

Production

Hal Wallis Productions

🏷️ Keywords

mother daughter relationshipgay subtextfilm noir in color1940smale police officer

🎯 Categories

Film NoirCrimeDramaRomanceThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Wendell Corey's first movie

by HotToastyRag • 2019-03-07

6/10

"Barbara Stanwyck must have been busy, so Hollywood asked Mary Astor to play the hardened "casino" owner trying to protect her daughter from her past mistakes in Desert Fury. Lizbeth Scott is the daughter with bad judgement and a rebellious nature, and she quickly falls for the one man her mother forbids: John Hodiak. John is a gangster and clearly bad news, but Lizbeth insists on ruining herself for him, even when the uniformed, young, handsome Burt Lancaster is in love with her. The so-called romance between Lizbeth and John is far less interesting than what could be argued as a ro..."

💡 Did You Know?

The name of the town, Chuckwalla, is the name of a type of lizard found in the southwestern United States. It's a Shoshone Indian word for a flat, dark lizard.