Desert Fury

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Desert Fury is a 1947 Technicolor film noir–melodrama known for its vivid Nevada setting, complex romantic entanglements, and subtextual exploration of unconventional relationships.

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Desert Fury canonical 5
Go for Broke! 1

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instanceOf film
artDirectionFeature stylized small-town casino setting
authorOfSourceWork Ramona Stewart
basedOn novel "Desert Town"
character Eddie Bendix
Fritzi Haller
Johnny Ryan
Paula Haller
Tom Hanson
cinematographyFeature bright Technicolor palette
vivid desert landscapes
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReputation cult film
noted for queer subtext
director Lewis Allen
distributor Paramount Pictures
genre crime film
film noir
melodrama
romantic drama film
medium theatrical film
musicBy Miklós Rózsa
narrativeElement mother–daughter conflict
unconventional relationships
notableFor blend of noir and melodrama conventions
subtextual exploration of unconventional relationships
originalLanguage English
plotFocus crime and corruption
romantic entanglements
producer Hal B. Wallis
productionCompany Hal Wallis Productions
releaseYear 1947
runningTime approximately 96 minutes
screenwriter A. I. Bezzerides
Robert Rossen
settingLocation Nevada
desert town
starring Burt Lancaster
John Hodiak
Lizabeth Scott
Mary Astor
Wendell Corey
timePeriodOfStory 1940s

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John Hodiak notableWork Desert Fury
John Hodiak performedIn Desert Fury
Lizabeth Scott notableWork Desert Fury
Lewis Allen notableWork Desert Fury
Lewis Allen directed Desert Fury
Robert Pirosh notableWork Go for Broke!
linked to: Desert Fury