Complete credited cast: | |||
Jane Russell | ... | Amanda Lawrence | |
Jeff Chandler | ... | Jonathan Dartland | |
Dan Duryea | ... | Hugh Slater | |
Mara Corday | ... | Maria - Hugh's Nurse | |
Barton MacLane | ... | Jim Mablett | |
Frieda Inescort | ... | Mrs. Lawrence | |
Celia Lovsky | ... | Princess Saba | |
Eddy Waller | ... | Old Larky (as Eddy C. Waller) | |
Robert F. Simon | ... | Ernest Tyson | |
Charlotte Wynters | ... | Mrs. Mablett | |
Robert Bice | ... | Walt Whitman | |
Arthur Space | ... | Foley |
Amanda Dartland accompanies her half-Apache husband Jonathan to a mining community where he will supervise the excavation of an almost mythical Apache treasure. His jealous rages and macho attitude cause her much misery, while the excavation project is threatened by prejudice and fear. Amanda tries to bridge the cultural gap, and Jonathan must do the same, or he will lose her. Mesmerizing brief performance by Celia Lovsky as Princess Saba. Written by Molly Malloy <mailcall@intersource.com>
Originally I read Foxfire before I saw the movie. When I was sixteen I read Anya Seton's novel Foxfire. I enjoyed it immensely. My mother told me that there was a movie based on the novel & I began watching the listings in the TV Guide, searching for the listing for Foxfire. When I finally got to see the movie I was greatly impressed. I was terribly romantic, this movie's theme was a revelation to me of the pettiness of some people. I always found bigotry & prejudice to be very offensive. The way that this was conveyed in the movie brought sympathy to both lead characters. Dartland, J. Chandler's role,was so over sensitized to prejudice & his wife was so naive as to its existence, that the confrontation between the two, made the audience think. There are many sides to ugliness in society & this story embraced many of the facets of prejudice & bigotry. Perhaps love does concur all, at least that, in my opinion, is the theme of this story. I would rate this story as a two hanky classic. Love this film!