- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tom Vallance
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4 out of 5
This intense, highly charged account of power, passion, rivalry and revenge has much in common with Greek tragedy and is full of far-from-subtle Freudian elements. (Watch how Walter Huston and Barbara Stanwyck, as a father and daughter perpetually at odds, ease their faces closer until it seems they are about to kiss.) Expertly written by Charles Schnee and brilliantly directed by Anthony Mann, the film is powerfully performed by Stanwyck, Huston (who died shortly after filming) and Judith Anderson. Franz Waxman's rousing score and Victor Milner's Oscar-nominated photography add to the pleasures of an overwrought but totally compelling piece.
Plot Summary
Western starring Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston. New Mexico, 1889. Autocratic cattle baron TC Jeffords rules everything and everyone on his land except for his strong-willed daughter Vance. When he returns to his ranch, The Furies, with a second wife-to-be, Vance's fears for her position as TC's heir lead her on a tragic course of action.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Vance Jeffords
- Barbara Stanwyck
- TC Jeffords
- Walter Huston
- Rip Darrow
- Wendell Corey
- Florence Burnett
- Judith Anderson
- Juan Herrera
- Gilbert Roland
- El Tigre
- Thomas Gomez
- Mrs Annaheim
- Beulah Bondi
- Scotty Hyslip
- Wallace Ford
- Reynolds
- Albert Dekker
- Herrera's mother
- Blanche Yurka
Crew
- Director
- Anthony Mann
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