Synopsis
Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston are at their fierce finest in master Hollywood craftsman Anthony Mann’s crackling western melodrama The Furies. In 1870s New Mexico Territory, megalomaniacal widowed ranch owner T. C. Jeffords (Huston, in his final role) butts heads with his daughter, Vance (Stanwyck), a firebrand with serious daddy issues, over her dowry, choice of husband, and, finally, ownership of the land itself. Both sophisticated in its view of frontier settlement and ablaze with searing domestic drama, The Furies is a hidden treasure of American filmmaking, boasting Oscar™–nominated cinematography and vivid supporting turns from Judith Anderson, Wendell Corey, and Gilbert Roland.
Cast
| Vance Jeffords | Barbara Stanwyck |
| T.C. Jeffords | Walter Huston |
| Rip Darrow | Wendell Corey |
| Flo Burnett | Judith Anderson |
| Juan Herrera | Gilbert Roland |
| El Tigre | Thomas Gomez |
| Mrs. Anaheim | Beulah Bondi |
| Mr. Reynolds | Albert Dekker |
Credits
| Director | Anthony Mann |
| Producer | Hal B. Wallis |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Music | Franz Waxman |
| Screenplay | Charles Schnee |
| From the novel by | Niven Busch |
| Art direction | Henry Bumstead and Hans Dreier |
| Special photographic effects | Gordon Jennings |
| Process photography | Farciot Edouart |
| Set decoration | Sam Comer and Bertram Granger |
| Editing | Archie Marshek |
| Costumes | Edith Head |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary featuring film historian Jim Kitses (Horizons West)
- The Movies: “Action Speaks Louder than Words,” a 1967 television interview with director Anthony Mann
- A rare, 1931 on-camera interview with Walter Huston, made for the movie theater series Intimate Interviews
- New video interview with Nina Mann, daughter of Anthony Mann
- Stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes photos
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by renowned critic Robin Wood and a 1957 Cahiers du cinéma interview with Mann, as well as a new printing of Niven Busch’s original novel
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