Blanche Fury (1948)

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Blanche Fury combined two elements that were surefire moneymakers in postwar Britain: a brooding, Gothic-novel storyline and the dazzlingly handsome Stewart Granger. Heroine Blanche Fury (Valerie Hobson) is an impoverished governess who marries into wealth and sets herself up as the mistress of a… More Blanche Fury combined two elements that were surefire moneymakers in postwar Britain: a brooding, Gothic-novel storyline and the dazzlingly handsome Stewart Granger. Heroine Blanche Fury (Valerie Hobson) is an impoverished governess who marries into wealth and sets herself up as the mistress of a vast estate. Enter Heathcliffe-like stable boy Philip Thorn (Granger), who intends to run the estate and eventually claim Blanche as his own. After a torrid, bodice-ripping romance between Blanche and Philip, the story segues into a no-names-please reenactment of the infamous 19th-century "Rush Murder." To "explain" the motives of the characters, the screenwriters deviate from the original Joseph Shearing novel by imposing all sorts of 20th-century "psychological disturbances" upon hero and heroine, with an abruptness and lack of logic that takes the viewer's breath away. Up until the end, however, Blanche Fury is a prime example of high-budget postwar British melodrama. Oddly, despite its $1.5 million price tag, con brio performances and superb Technicolor cinematography, Blanche Fury was a box-office disappointment, bringing an end to the "Gothic cycle" that had begun so promisingly with 1943's The Man in Grey. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: Marc Allégret
Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

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jay n

Over ripe and melodramatic this soap opera is enjoyable in a guilty pleasure sort of way. Granger overdoes it in parts but the settings and Technicolor are beautiful.

Cast

            Valerie Hobson as Blanche Fury

            Stewart Granger as Philip Thorn

            Michael Gough as Lawrence Fury

            Walter Fitzgerald as Simon Fury

            Suzanne Gibbs as Lavinia Fury

            Maurice Denham as Major Frazer

            Sybilla Binder as Louisa

            Ernest Jay as Gilamy

            Brian Herbert as Elliot

            Allan Jeayes as Wetherby

            Edward Lexy as Col. Jenkins

            Amy Veness as Mrs. Winterbourne

            Townsend Whitling as Rinks

            Margaret Withers as Mrs. Hawkes

            Arthur Wontner as Lord Rudford

            George Woodbridge as James

            Marie Ault as Old Gypsy

            Michael Brennan as Farmer

            M.E. Clifton-James as Prison Governor

            James Dale as Judge

            Alexander Field as Third Farmer

            Norman Pierce as Coroner

            John H. Roberts as Doctor

            Lionel Grose as Jordan

            David Ward as First Clerk

            Susanne Gibbs
            
            Sybille Binder
            
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Blanche Fury (1948)

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