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The Furies is a 1950 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey and Walter Huston in his final film performance. Based on the 1948 Niven Busch novel of the same name, its plot follows the ruthless daughter of a tyrannical rancher in 1870s New Mexico Territory who struggles with her stake in his ...
The Furies: Directed by Anthony Mann. With Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson. A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon, but their relationship turns ugly only when he finds himself a new woman.
Sophisticated in its view of frontier settlement and ablaze with searing domestic drama, The Furies is an often-overlooked treasure of American filmmaking, boasting Oscar–nominated cinematography and vivid supporting turns from Judith Anderson, Wendell Corey, and Gilbert Roland.
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The Furies: Monsters of classical mythology, charged with keeping order by punishing the guilty in the Underworld. The Furies is directed by Anthony Mann and adapted to screenplay by Charles Schnee from the Niven Busch novel.
T.C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) rules his sprawling New Mexico ranch with an iron fist. But his authority doesn't extend to his strong-willed daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), who both hates and ...
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“The Furies” takes the grand stakes of Shakespearean tragedy and focuses their drama and pathos on one plot of land. Directed by Anthony Mann, “The Furies” sees Barbara Stanwyck as Vance, the daughter of a King Lear-esque, New Mexico land (named, The Furies, natch) baron played by Walter Huston.
