Desert Fury
1947, 91 minutes, Rated M
"Two men wanted her love...the third wanted her life!"
n the sweltering heat of the Nevada desert lies the small gambling oasis Purple Sage, run by the tough talking Fritzi Haller (Mary Astor) who stubbornly controls her small empire. However when her wayward daughter Paula (Lizabeth Scott) drives back into town and begins a heated relationship with racketeer Eddie Bendix (John Hodiak), Fritzi begins a campaign to drive the delinquent couple apart.
But as plans entangle with desire and passions ignite in the desert heat, old secrets resurface as Fritzi 's meddling and Paula's attentions draw the local sheriff (Burt Lancaster) into the simmering stew of melodrama and manipulation.
Directed with deft perfection by Allen Lewis, no other film of its era was so laden with innuendo and confronting undertones as Desert Fury. With face-slappings aplenty and scathing exchanges, it would be a crime to pass up on this hothouse melodrama, chock full of creepily exotic blooms and unexpected dangers.
- Director:
- Lewis Allen [2],
- Starring:
- Burt Lancaster [40], John Hodiak [3], Lizabeth Scott [4],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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