Son of Fury (1942)

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This period swashbuckler film is based on the adventure novel Benjamin Blake by Edison Marshall, who also wrote The Vikings (1958). When his brother dies, scheming Arthur Blake (George Sanders) kidnaps his own nephew, Benjamin (played as a youth by Roddy McDowall and as an adult by Tyrone Power). Arthur's purpose is to claim his brother's dukedom for himself. Put to work as a stable boy, Benjamin grows up and develops a crush on his own cousin Isabel (Frances Farmer). When Arthur discovers this, he mercilessly beats Benjamin, who runs away and sails to India on a cargo ship to make his fortune. In Polynesia, he and a friend, Caleb (John Carradine), jump ship and set up camp on a tropical island paradise. There, Benjamin and Caleb become rich mining pearls, while Benjamin falls in love with a native girl, Eve (Gene Tierney). Now that he has amassed wealth, however, Benjamin is determined to return to England and get his revenge on Uncle Arthur. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Starring:: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, (more)

Director(s):: John Cromwell

Format(s):: DVD
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Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 98 mins

Complete Cast of Son of Fury

Tyrone Power - Benjamin Blake
George Sanders - Sir Arthur Blake
Roddy McDowall - Benjamin as a Boy
Elsa Lanchester - Bristol Isabel
Kay Johnson - Helena Blake
Leonard Carey - Pale Tom
Ethel Griffies - Matron
Olaf Hytten - Court Clerk
Clifford Severn - Paddy
Cyril McLaglen - Gimes
Mae Marsh - Mrs. Purdy
Marten Lamont - Kenneth Hobart
Ignacio Saenz - Native Boy
Charles Irwin - Captain
Halliwell Hobbes - Purdy
Pedro de Cordoba - Fennou
James Craven - Guard

Gene Tierney - Eve
Frances Farmer - Isabel Blake
John Carradine - Caleb Greene
Harry Davenport - Amos Kidder
Dudley Digges - Bartholomew Pratt
Virginia Gilmore
Dennis Hoey - Lord Tarrant
Heather Thatcher - Maggie Martin
Clive Morgan - Lord St. George
Lester Matthews - Prosecutor
Ray Mala - Marnoa
Marilyn Knowlden - Isabel as a Girl
Cobina Wright, Jr.
Arthur Hohl - Capt. Greenough
Robert Greig - Judge
Harry Cording - Turnkey

Director(s):: John Cromwell

Writer(s):: Philip Dunne

Producer(s):: Darryl F. Zanuck

Categories:: Action / Adventure

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	Dolores R.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

This is a great movie that everyone in the family can enjoy. It is about a young man cheated out of his inheritance in childhood, by a greedy and arrogant uncle. The young man is relegated to little more than the lowest servant, and on top of that suffers a severe beating at the hands of the uncle. . The young man is well aware of the uncle's deception, and vows one day to get everything back. Against this background the young man, played by tyrone power, who is wildly handsome, and manly falls in love with his uncle's beautiful daughter. The love scenes are done in an elegant and classy way. . The language is used in an intelligent way to forward the intent of the story. The characters enhance the movie and are well developed, and all are well and richly customed to represent the period in which the story unfolds.

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	James C.

0 out of 0 people found this review helpful

Classic revenge/love story. Fell in love with Gene Tierney when first seen this movie when I was about 12, (1950's) One of my favorites!