A cracker of a film noir in colour. John Hodiak is the gambler with a
dead wife, Lizabeth Scott is the broad who looks like her, Burt
Lancaster is the sheriff in love with Scott and Mary Astor is simply
terrific as Scott's hard-as-nails mother; oh, and then there's Hodiak's
henchman played by a then unknown Wendell Corey who is obviously gay and
in love with Hodiak and who will do whatever it takes to keep him for
himself. Yes, "Desert Fury" has an edge to it that other noirs of the
period didn't. Robert Rossen wrote the screenplay and it may be safe to
say that it was probably the best thing Lewis Allen ever did. A small
classic.
Monday 10 December 2018
DESERT FURY **
A cracker of a film noir in colour. John Hodiak is the gambler with a
dead wife, Lizabeth Scott is the broad who looks like her, Burt
Lancaster is the sheriff in love with Scott and Mary Astor is simply
terrific as Scott's hard-as-nails mother; oh, and then there's Hodiak's
henchman played by a then unknown Wendell Corey who is obviously gay and
in love with Hodiak and who will do whatever it takes to keep him for
himself. Yes, "Desert Fury" has an edge to it that other noirs of the
period didn't. Robert Rossen wrote the screenplay and it may be safe to
say that it was probably the best thing Lewis Allen ever did. A small
classic.
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