Desert Fury is a 1947 Paramount Pictures color film noir drama directed by Lewis Allen and featuring Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak and Burt Lancaster, with Mary Astor and Wendell Corey.
Fritzi Haller Mary Astor is the tough owner of a saloon and casino in the small fictional mining town of Chuckawalla, Nevada. Her daughter, Paula Haller Lizabeth Scott, has just quit school and returned home at the same time that gangster Eddie Bendix John Hodiak has returned. He was once involved with Fritzi, but left town under suspicion of murdering his wife.Paula falls for Bendix and they become involved. Paulas old boyfriend, and local lawman, Tom Hanson Burt Lancaster, along with Bendixs sidekick, Johnny Ryan Wendell Corey, try to break up the relationship. When Fritzi finds out, she angrily tries to protect Paula and put a stop to her seeing Bendix. ........
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