The Furies (1950)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Writers:

Niven Busch (novel)
Charles Schnee

Release Date:

28 March 1951 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Western

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Mexican | Rancher | 1870s | Squatter

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck	...	Vance Jeffords
Wendell Corey	...	Rip Darrow
Walter Huston	...	T. C. Jeffords
Judith Anderson	...	Flo Burnett
Gilbert Roland	...	Juan Herrera
Thomas Gomez	...	El Tigre
Beulah Bondi	...	Mrs. Anaheim
Albert Dekker	...	Mr. Reynolds
John Bromfield	...	Clay Jeffords
Wallace Ford	...	Scotty Hyslip
Blanche Yurka	...	Herrera Mother
Louis Jean Heydt	...	Bailey
Frank Ferguson	...	Dr. Grieve
Charles Evans	...	Old Anaheim
Movita	...	Chiquita (as Movita Casteneda)
Craig Kelly	...	Young Anaheim
Myrna Dell	...	Dallas Hart
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Georgia Clancy	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
James Davies	...	Cowhand (uncredited)
Artie Del Rey	...	Wagon Driver's Son (uncredited)
Joe Dominguez	...	Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Sam Finn	...	Dealer (uncredited)
Douglas Grange	...	Balladeer (uncredited)
Pepe Hern	...	Feliz Herrera (uncredited)
Arthur Hunnicutt	...	Cowhand (uncredited)
Richard Kipling	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Nolan Leary	...	Drunk Guest (uncredited)
Baron James Lichter	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Jane Novak	...	Woman (uncredited)
Rosemary Pettit	...	Carol Ann (uncredited)
Lou Steele	...	Aguirre Herrera (uncredited)
Eddy Waller	...	Old Man (uncredited)

Directed by
Anthony Mann

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Niven Busch		novel
Charles Schnee

Produced by
Hal B. Wallis	....	producer (as Hal Wallis)

Original Music by
Franz Waxman

Cinematography by
Victor Milner
Lee Garmes		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Archie Marshek

Art Direction by
Henry Bumstead
Hans Dreier

Set Decoration by
Sam Comer
Bertram C. Granger		(as Bertram Granger)

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor
Dean Cole	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Robert Ewing	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Sue Kirkpatrick	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Hal Lierley	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Gertrude Reade	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Nicholas Vehr	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Herbert Coleman	....	production manager (uncredited)
C. Kenneth Deland	....	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francisco Day	....	assistant director (as Chico Day)
Michael D. Moore	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Arthur Camp	....	props
Carl Coleman	....	props assistant

Sound Department
Hugo Grenzbach	....	sound recordist
Walter Oberst	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Farciot Edouart	....	process photography
Gordon Jennings	....	special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department
James Grant	....	assistant camera
James Hawley	....	assistant camera
Otto Pierce	....	camera operator
Haskell B. Boggs	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Mal Bulloch	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Earl Crowell	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Charles Sickler	....	grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ed Fitzharris	....	wardrobe
Grace Harris	....	wardrobe

Music Department
Sidney Cutner	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Josephine Earl	....	dance director
Harry Mendoza	....	technical advisor
Irving Cooper	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Jack Saper	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Hal Wallis Productions (as Wallis-Hazen Inc.)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1950) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount (1951) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Paramount (1951) (France) (theatrical)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12 (f) | Australia:PG | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Hal Wallis Productions

Trivia:

Final film of Walter Huston,

Quotes:

Dallas Hart:[as she's leaving] I never could see what they see in the thin ones.
Vance Jeffords:It's not what they see.

Movie Connections:

Featured in A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

T.C. Round-Up Time

Stars Worth Watching

In his final film, Huston plays a larger than life character who owns a big ranch that he is struggling to maintain financially. Stanwyck is the head-strong daughter that he clashes with, particularly when Anderson enters the picture as his fiancé. One can imagine her character later became Victoria Barkley in "The Big Valley." Mann specialized in Westerns and he does well enough here, but the problem is that the script is not very interesting. Huston and Stanwyck are always worth watching, but Corey seems to be miscast as the romantic lead. Waxman, who won the Oscar for "Sunset Blvd." the same year, provides a lively score. Interestingly, both Mann and Waxman lived from 1906 to 1967.