Col. Ben Marquand
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Desire in the Dust is a 1960 American neo noir crime film released by the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, directed by William F. Claxton, produced by Robert L. Lippert and starring Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer and Joan Bennett.
With Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer, Joan Bennett, Ken Scott. Lonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident.
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- William F. Claxton
- Passed
- Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer, Joan Bennett
Based on the novel Desire in the Dust by Harry Whittington (Greenwich, CT, 1956).
Melodrama. Crime. Synopsis. Lonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident.
- Lucien Ballard
- William F. Claxton
- United States
- Paul Dunlap
Lonnie Wilson (Ken Scott) returns to his Clinton, La., home after serving a six-year sentence for manslaughter. He revives his romance with Melinda (Martha Hyer), the daughter of prominent local ...
- Dennis Schwartz
- Raymond Burr
- William F. Claxton
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Raymond Burr was already three years into Perry Mason when he decided to return to his movie-villain roots with Desire in the Dust. Burr, playing the patriarch of a Southern family, befriends the ex-convict (Ken Scott) who'd supposedly killed Burr's son in an auto accident.
Desire in the Dust delves deep into the dark side of human nature, showcasing how desire and ambition can drive individuals to commit heinous acts. Lonnie Wilson becomes the target of a vengeful woman, played by Martha Hyer, who is determined to destroy him and his family.
