Fury (1936)
- Starring:
- Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, (more)
- Director(s):
- Fritz Lang
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Fury
Fritz Lang's first American film is a vigorous and perceptive indictment of mob law, starring Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney. Katherine (Sidney) leaves her boyfriend, Joe Wilson (Tracy), behind in their Midwestern hometown when she takes a job in another city. Joe is a decent, hard-working soul, who wants to save up to buy a gas station and looks forward to the future when he and Katherine can get married. A year later, Joe is traveling to meet Katherine so that they can be married. Driving through a small town, Joe is stopped by a deputy sheriff waving a shotgun. Apparently there has been a kidnapping, and the fact that Joe has peanuts in his pocket circumstantially incriminates him in the crime. Joe is arrested and jailed. As Joe sits in his jail cell, the local townspeople begin to talk and whisper and spread rumors. Finally, a lynch mob forms and heads toward the jail. The mob tries to storm the jail and frustrated over their inability to penetrate the prison walls, they set the jail on fire. Joe barely manages to escape ("I could smell myself burning"), but the mob thinks that Joe has been burned to death. Behind the scenes, and with the help of his brothers, Joe tries to rig the verdict in the impending trial of the 22 vigilantes. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 92 mins
Complete Cast of Fury
- Spencer Tracy - Joe Wilson
- Walter Abel - District Attorney
- Edward Ellis - Sheriff Hummel
- Frank Albertson - Charlie Wilson
- Tom Mahoney - Bailiff
- George Chandler - Milt Jackson
- Edward J. Le Saint - Doctor
- Edwin Maxwell - Vickery
- Huey White - Man
- Nora Cecil - Albert's Mother
- Howard Hickman - Governor
- Arthur Hoyt - Grouch
- Roger Gray - Stranger
- Christian Rub - Ahem
- Alexander Cross - Guard
- George Offerman - Defendant
- Gertrude Sutton - Mrs. Tuttle
- Janet Young - Woman
- Sherry Hall - Court Clerk
- Will Stanton - Drunk
- Franklin Parker - Man
- Arthur Stone - Durkin
- Albert Taylor - Old Man
- Frank Mills - Dawson's Friend
- Minerva Urecal - Bessie
- Ralph Bushman - Young Teacher
- Robert E. Homans - Guard
- Harry Hayden - Lockup Keeper
- Clarence Kolb - Pippen/ Burgermeister
- Esther Muir - Girl in Nightclub
- Murdock MacQuarrie - Dawson's Friend
- Jack Daley - Factory Foreman
- Mary Foy - Woman
- Herbert Ashley - Oscar
- Si Jenks - Uncle Billy
- Sam Hayes - Announcer
- Sylvia Sidney - Katherine Grant
- Bruce Cabot - Kirby Dawson
- Walter Brennan - "Buggs" Meyers
- Daniel L. Haynes - Taxi Driver
- Bert Roach - Waiter
- Edna M. Harris - Woman
- Wally Maher - Man
- Esther Dale - Mrs. Whipple
- Ward Bond - Objector
- Morgan Wallace - Fred Garrett
- Raymond Hatton - Hector
- Frederick Burton - Judge Hopkins
- Frank Sully - Dynamiter
- Eddie Quillan - Peanut Vendor
- Erville Alderson - Plumber
- George Walcott - Tom Wilson
- Carl Stockdale - Hardware Man
- Victor Potel - Jorgeson
- Charles Coleman - Innkeeper
- Sid Saylor - Baggage Clerk
- Mira McKinney - Woman
- Tommy Tomlinson - Reporter
- Ted Offenbecker - Defendant
- Guy Usher - Assistant Defense Attorney
- Jonathan Hale - Defense Attorney
- Duke York - Taxi Driver
- Leila Bennett - Edna Hooper
- Edwin J. Brady - Dawson's Friend
- Clara Blandick - Judge's Wife
- Harvey Clark - Pippen
- Helen Flint - Franchette
- Raymond Brown - Farmer
- Dutch Hendrian - Miner
- Ben Hall - Goofy
- Al Herman - Dawson's Friend
- James Quinn - Dawson's Friend
- Director(s):
- Fritz Lang
- Writer(s):
- Fritz Lang, Norman Krasna, Bartlett Cormack
- Producer(s):
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Questionable for Children, Mild Violence)
- 1994 - Library of Congress - U.S. National Film Registry
- 1936 - New York Times - 10 Best Films
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