The Sound Of Fury is not a film you'll forget once seen. Mindless mob violence
has rarely been portrayed so graphically as in this film.,
Our protagonist is Frank Lovejoy married to Kathleen Ryan and is down on his luck with no job and one kid and a pregnant Ryan as well. His fast talking buddy Lloyd Bridges offers him a way to make easy money so Lovejoy becomes the wheel man in a series of stickups.
None of these are leading to the big time so they try a kidnapping,. But when they beat their victim to death the community is outraged.
The film moves effortlessly into looking at the problem from several angles. Lovejoy who is desperate to feed his family as opposed to Bridges who is just a punk. Yellow journalism in the person of Richard Carlson is also shown stoking the fires of a potential lynch mob. There's also a nice performance by Katharine Locke as a woman who Bridges sets Lovejoy up with as part of a plot is trick law enforcement into not suspecting them. She's such a sad sack of a human being yet very touching.
The same true crime story that was the basis for Fury is also the source for this film. The message about the need for due process and the rule of law is as clear as ever.
Don't miss this one when it's broadcast.
Our protagonist is Frank Lovejoy married to Kathleen Ryan and is down on his luck with no job and one kid and a pregnant Ryan as well. His fast talking buddy Lloyd Bridges offers him a way to make easy money so Lovejoy becomes the wheel man in a series of stickups.
None of these are leading to the big time so they try a kidnapping,. But when they beat their victim to death the community is outraged.
The film moves effortlessly into looking at the problem from several angles. Lovejoy who is desperate to feed his family as opposed to Bridges who is just a punk. Yellow journalism in the person of Richard Carlson is also shown stoking the fires of a potential lynch mob. There's also a nice performance by Katharine Locke as a woman who Bridges sets Lovejoy up with as part of a plot is trick law enforcement into not suspecting them. She's such a sad sack of a human being yet very touching.
The same true crime story that was the basis for Fury is also the source for this film. The message about the need for due process and the rule of law is as clear as ever.
Don't miss this one when it's broadcast.