Desert Fury (1947)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Lewis Allen

Writers:

A.I. Bezzerides (writer)
Robert Rossen (screenplay)
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Release Date:

15 August 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Avant Garde | Melodrama | Based On Novel

Cast

John Hodiak	...	Eddie Bendix
Lizabeth Scott	...	Paula Haller
Burt Lancaster	...	Tom Hanson
Wendell Corey	...	Johnny Ryan
Mary Astor	...	Fritzi Haller
Kristine Miller	...	Claire Lindquist
William Harrigan	...	Judge Berle Lindquist
James Flavin	...	Sheriff Pat Johnson
Jane Novak	...	Mrs. Lindquist
Anna Camargo	...	Rosa
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Farrell	...	Drunk in jail (uncredited)
Lew Harvey	...	Doorman (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee	...	Mike (bartender) (uncredited)
Mike Lally	...	Dealer (uncredited)
Ralph Peters	...	Pete (cafe owner) (uncredited)
Ed Randolph	...	Dealer (uncredited)
Tom Schamp	...	Dan (deputy) (uncredited)
Ray Teal	...	Bus driver (uncredited)
Harland Tucker	...	Chuck (craps dealer) (uncredited)

Directed by
Lewis Allen

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
A.I. Bezzerides		writer
Robert Rossen		screenplay
Ramona Stewart		novel "Desert Town"

Produced by
Hal B. Wallis	....	producer

Original Music by
Miklós Rózsa

Cinematography by
Edward Cronjager
Charles Lang

Film Editing by
Warren Low

Art Direction by
Perry Ferguson

Set Decoration by
Sam Comer
Sydney Moore		(as Syd Moore)

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Wally Westmore	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard McWhorter	....	assistant director (as Dick McWhorter)
Gerd Oswald	....	assistant director

Art Department
Gene Lauritzen	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Harry Lindgren	....	sound recordist
Walter Oberst	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Gordon Jennings	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Farciot Edouart	....	process photographer

Editorial Department
Francis Cugat	....	associate color consultant

Music Department
Eugene Zador	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Natalie Kalmus	....	technicolor color director

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1947) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (1958) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Desert Town (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Norway:16 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #12025)

Filming Locations:

Clarkdale, Arizona, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Desert Fury locations

The main town used in this movie is Cottonwood AZ, I know because I live here. My husbands family are pioneers of Sedona and the Verde Vally area. Cottonwood is about bout 5 minutes from where the bridge scene was used at (Tuziegoot)filming was actually at lower Clarkdale area by the Verde River. The Jail, Drugstore, main street, Purple Sage(was Rusty's Bar in old town Cottonwood, in fact Rusty changed the name of his bar to the Purple sage after that movie was filmed there). Scenes of the ranch and out on the roads are at West Sedona, and Big Park by Sedona. We also have a street named Chuckawalla because of this movie. It's really amazing to see what it looked like compared to now days. They give historical tours in old town and Desert Fury is on their pamphlet. It was a big bootlegging town in the prohibition days that made it so popular. Cottonwood was called "the biggest little city in Arizona".