The Furies (1950)
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Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston give standout performances in this dark, psychological western, which Martin Scorsese has compared to the work of Dostoevsky. T.C. Jeffords (Huston) is a cunning and highly successful ranch owner who has announced his engagement to a wealthy socialite, Flo Burnett… More Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston give standout performances in this dark, psychological western, which Martin Scorsese has compared to the work of Dostoevsky. T.C. Jeffords (Huston) is a cunning and highly successful ranch owner who has announced his engagement to a wealthy socialite, Flo Burnett (Judith Anderson). This news is not warmly received by his daughter Vance (Stanwyck); she had a romance of her own with gambler Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey) foiled by her father, and Vance does not care for her light-headed stepmother-to-be. Vance is driven into a violent rage by T.C.'s Machiavellian actions, and when he kills a good friend of Vance's (a ranch hand he believes was helping Mexicans squat on his land), she swears revenge on her father and joins forces with Darrow to see that violent justice is done. The Furies proved to be Walter Huston's last film; he died within a few months of its release. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Anthony Mann
- Written By
- Charles Schnee, Niven Busch
- Genres
- Western, Drama, Classics
- In Theaters
- Aug 16, 1950 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
A decisive building block for the Stewart westerns, but with an Athena-like force of its own
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Dan Callahan, Slant Magazine
At its core, The Furies is a passionate stand off between a father and a daughter, played by a rip-snorting Walter Huston (in his last role on screen) and a primal Barbara Stanwyck.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Of [Mann's] various transitional films, none is more consistently fascinating or misunderstood than the masterpiece The Furies.
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Sean Axmaker, MSN.com
... a genre hybrid: a psychological Western by way of a gothic melodrama, with a dark, shadowy style right out of [Anthony] Mann's earlier film noirs.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Mann raises the bar for westerns, making them more adult and dramatic.
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Cast
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Barbara Stanwyck
as Vance Jeffords
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Wendell Corey
as Rip Darrow
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Walter Huston
as T.C. Jeffords
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Judith Anderson
as Flo Burnett
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Gilbert Roland
as Juan Herrera
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Thomas Gomez
as El Tigre
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Beulah Bondi
as Mrs. Anaheim
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Albert Dekker
as Mr. Reynolds
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John Bromfield
as Clay Jeffords
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Wallace Ford
as Scotty Hyslip
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Blanche Yurka
as Herrera's Mother
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Louis Jean Heydt
as Bailey
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Frank Ferguson
as Dr. Grieve
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Charles Evans
as Old Anaheim
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Craig Kelly
as Young Anaheim
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Myrna Dell
as Dallas Hart
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Maria [Movita] Castaneda
as Chiquita
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Joe Dominguez
as Wagon Driver
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Pepe Hern
as Felix Herrera
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Arthur Hunnicutt
as Cowhand
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Nolan Leary
as Drunk Guest
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Jane Novak
as Bit
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Lou Steele
as Aguirre Herrera
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Eddy Waller
as Old Man
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Jim Davies
as Cowhand
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Sam Finn
as Dealer
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Richard Kipling
as Bit Man
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Georgia Clancy
as Wedding Guest
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Rosemary Pettit
as Carol Ann