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Inferno

  • 1953
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  • 1h 23m
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Inferno (1953)
A tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.
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A tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.A tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.A tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.

  • Director
    • Roy Ward Baker
  • Writer
    • Francis M. Cockrell
  • Stars
    • Robert Ryan
    • Rhonda Fleming
    • William Lundigan
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    • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Roy Ward Baker
    • Writer
      • Francis M. Cockrell
    • Stars
      • Robert Ryan
      • Rhonda Fleming
      • William Lundigan
    • 49User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    Robert Ryan in Inferno (1953)
    Rhonda Fleming and Robert Ryan in Inferno (1953)
    Robert Ryan in Inferno (1953)
    Rhonda Fleming and William Lundigan in Inferno (1953)
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    Inferno (1953)
    Robert Ryan in Inferno (1953)
    Robert Ryan in Inferno (1953)
    Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, and Robert Ryan in Inferno (1953)
    Rhonda Fleming and William Lundigan in Inferno (1953)
    Rhonda Fleming and William Lundigan in Inferno (1953)
    Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, and Robert Ryan in Inferno (1953)

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    Robert Ryan
    Robert Ryan
    • Donald Whitley Carson III
    Rhonda Fleming
    Rhonda Fleming
    • Geraldine Carson
    William Lundigan
    William Lundigan
    • Joseph Duncan
    Larry Keating
    Larry Keating
    • Dave Emory
    Henry Hull
    Henry Hull
    • Sam Elby
    Carl Betz
    Carl Betz
    • Lt. Mike Platt
    Robert Burton
    Robert Burton
    • Sheriff
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Ken - Ranch Hand
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Deputy Fred Parks
    • (uncredited)
    Charles J. Conrad
      Everett Glass
      Everett Glass
      • Mason, Carson's Butler
      • (uncredited)
      James Gonzalez
      James Gonzalez
      • Hotel Guest
      • (uncredited)
      Adrienne Marden
      Adrienne Marden
      • Emory's Secretary
      • (uncredited)
      Barbara Pepper
      Barbara Pepper
      • Waitress
      • (uncredited)
      Charles Tannen
      Charles Tannen
      • Police Radio Broadcaster
      • (uncredited)
      Dan White
      Dan White
      • Lee - Ranch Hand
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Roy Ward Baker
      • Writer
        • Francis M. Cockrell
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      • Trivia
        When the cast and crew arrived at the Mojave Desert location it was covered in snow and Rhonda Fleming subsequently developed pneumonia.
      • Goofs
        Early in the movie, after Robert Ryan has put a splint on his broken leg (which continues to cause him a lot of pain), he takes a small branch and breaks it over the injured leg, seemingly without feeling any pain.
      • Quotes

        Donald Whitley Carson III: [after finding water in a cactus] This stuff's a great discovery. Just sit there and work on it all day and you can get enough juice to sit there and work on it all day.

      • Alternate versions
        Also shown in a 3D version.
      • Connections
        Featured in A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in (2017)

      User reviews49

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      9/10
      Exciting thriller packs a punch
      This exciting thriller packs a punch as a cheating wife (Rhonda Fleming) and her scheming lover (William Lundigan) purposely abandon her husband with a broken leg in the middle of the Mojave Desert without transportation or supplies. But they're not clever enough by half...as they start their premature gloating and plans to spend his money, the determined husband (grittily played by Robert Ryan) refuses to die and slowly makes his hate-filled way to a spectacular revenge.
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      • Oct 2, 2003

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      • Release date
        • July 21, 1954 (Sweden)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Verhängnisvolle Spuren
      • Filming locations
        • Mojave Desert, California, USA
      • Production company
        • Twentieth Century Fox
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      • Budget
        • $1,055,000 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 23 minutes
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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