Desert Fury

1947

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Romance / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 60% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 60% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 2395 2.4K

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Plot summary

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

Director

Lewis Allen Photo
Lewis Allen

Top cast

Wendell Corey Photo
Wendell Corey as Johnny Ryan
Jane Novak Photo
Jane Novak as Mrs. Lindquist
Lizabeth Scott Photo
Lizabeth Scott as Paula Haller
Kristine Miller Photo
Kristine Miller as Claire Lindquist
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882.97 MB
1280*944
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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1.6 GB
1456*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by brisky

Lizabeth Scott's lips and Burt Lancaster's hair along with the stunning California desert are among the highlights of this classic "Technicolor" film noir.

This is one of the only examples of film noir in color. Burt Lancaster and luscious Lizabeth Scott headline a stellar cast in this twisted romance/thriller. John Hodiak and Wendell Corey's "special" is sorely tested when Hodiak falls hard for bombshell Scott. Scott's mother Fritzi (played by hard as nails Mary Astor) tries to protect her "baby" from falling into the wrong hands (namely Hodiak's) while good guy Lancaster valiantly attempts to rid the town of no-goodniks like Hodiak, Corey and sometimes Astor. It's a two-fisted Technicolor knockout of a film and a classic example of late 40's "adult" fare. See it with somebody you lust after.
Reviewed by HotToastyRag 6 / 10

Wendell Corey's first movie

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 romance between John and his faithful sidekick, Wendell Corey. Wendell gets an introducing credit in the movie, and he gets an enormously meaty role for his first foray in front of the camera. A villain with many layers, some of which couldn't be discussed because of the Hays Code, he's very protective over his friend and doesn't approve of Lizbeth's moony eyes.The best part of Desert Fury is Edith Head's costumes. Every single scene, Lizbeth and Mary are dressed in gorgeous dresses that will have you oo-ing and ahh-ing for the entire running length. Lizbeth is very pretty in this film, and dressing her up in such beautiful costumes only makes it more fun to watch her, even when she's exercising bad judgement.
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