Furies, The
Paramount Pictures (1950)
Romance, Western
In Collection
#5062
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Seen ItYes
715515030229
IMDB   7.5
1 hr 49 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Barbara Stanwyck Vance Jeffords
Walter Huston T. C. Jeffords
Judith Anderson Flo Burnett
Wendell Corey Rip Darrow
Gilbert Roland Juan Herrera
Thomas Gomez El Tigre
Beulah Bondi Mrs. Anaheim
Albert Dekker Mr. Reynolds
John Bromfield Clay Jeffords
Wallace Ford Scotty Hyslip
Blanche Yurka Herrera Mother
Louis Jean Heydt Bailey
Frank Ferguson Dr. Grieve
Charles Evans Old Anaheim
Craig Kelly Young Anaheim
Director
Anthony Mann
Producer Hal B. Wallis
Writer Charles Schnee
Niven Busch
Cinematography Lee Garmes
Victor Milner
Musician Franz Waxman


Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston are at their fierce finest in master Hollywood craftsman Anthony Mann's crackling western melodrama The Furies. In 1870s New Mexico Territory, megalomaniacal widowed ranch owner T.C. Jeffords (Huston, in his final role) butts heads with his daughter, Vance (Stanwyck), a firebrand with serious daddy issues, over her dowry, choice of husband, and, finally ownership of the land itself. Both sophisticated in its view of frontier settlement and ablaze with searing domestic drama, The Furies is a hidden treasure of American filmmaking, boasting Oscar-nominated cinematography and vivid supporting turns from Judith Anderson, Wendell Corey, and Gilbert Roland.
Edition Details
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 6/24/2008
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer - Audio commentary featuring film historian Jim Kitses (Horizons West) - The Movies: "Action Speaks Louder than Words", a 1967 television interview with director Anthony Mann - A rare, 1931 on-camera interview with Walter Huston, made for the movie theater series Intimate Interviews - New video interview with Nina Mann, daughter of Anthony Mann - Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos - Theatrical trailer - PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by renowned critic Robin Wood and a 1957 Cahiers du cinema interview with Mann, as well as a new printing of Niven Busch's original novel