The Furies

The Furies (1950)

  • 80% of users liked it
    (440 ratings)

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

PG,
Directed By
Written By
Charles Schnee, Niven Busch
Genres
Western, Drama, Classics
In Theaters
Aug 16, 1950 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    A decisive building block for the Stewart westerns, but with an Athena-like force of its own

  • 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.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Of [Mann's] various transitional films, none is more consistently fascinating or misunderstood than the masterpiece The Furies.

  • 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.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Mann raises the bar for westerns, making them more adult and dramatic.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    Western Noir Epic Melodrama. (NOT a Buddy Movie, NOT a Musical.) A transitional and somewhat uneven work for Mann. Worth a look for many reasons - including bravaura final performance by Walter Huston. I want Barbara Stanwyck to kick my ass. There, I said it.

  • jay n


    Robust western with greek tragedy overtones. Stanwyck is great as always matched by Huston and Anderson.

  • Stella D


    a great overlooked western from anthony mann. walter huston is always a joy to watch and in his last film he plays the boss of the furies, a man so powerful he prints his own currency. barbara stanwyck plays his willful daughter who's determined to control his ranch one way or… More

  • Ken S


    Stanwyck delivers my 2nd favorite "office supply goes into somebody's face" moment of 2008.

  • Michael G


    This was such an amazing movie. Barbara Stanwyck was her usual amazing self and Walter Huston was as entertaining as ever--not to mention their obvious chemistry together as also being worth mentioning. Anthony Mann's direction and sweeping landscapes are arguably the real draw… More

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