Desire in the Dust (1960)
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Raymond Burr was already three years into Perry Mason when he decided to return to his movie-villain roots with Desire in the Dust. Burr, playing the patriarch of a Southern family, befriends the ex-convict (Ken Scott) who'd supposedly killed Burr's son in an auto accident. Actually the accident was caused by Burr's daughter (Martha Hyer), who hopes that she can buy the accused man's silence and thus secure her daddy's political future. The ex-con goes along with the deception, having fallen in love with the daughter, but soon learns that Burr plans to double-cross him. Based on a novel by Harry Whittington. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer, (more)
- Director(s):
- William F. Claxton
Synopsis of Desire in the Dust
Raymond Burr was already three years into Perry Mason when he decided to return to his movie-villain roots with Desire in the Dust. Burr, playing the patriarch of a Southern family, befriends the ex-convict (Ken Scott) who'd supposedly killed Burr's son in an auto accident. Actually the accident was caused by Burr's daughter (Martha Hyer), who hopes that she can buy the accused man's silence and thus secure her daddy's political future. The ex-con goes along with the deception, having fallen in love with the daughter, but soon learns that Burr plans to double-cross him. Based on a novel by Harry Whittington. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Desire in the Dust
- Raymond Burr - Col. Ben Marquand
- Joan Bennett - Mrs. Marquand
- Brett Halsey - Dr. Ned Thomas
- Jack Ging - Peter Marquand
- Maggie Mahoney - Maude Wilson
- Kelly Thordsen - Sheriff Wheaton
- Irene Ryan - Nora Finney
- Robert Earle - Virgil
- Martha Hyer - Melinda Marquand
- Ken Scott - Lonnie Wilson
- Anne Helm - Cass Wilson
- Edward Binns - Luke Connett
- Douglas Fowley - Zuba Wilson
- Rex Ingram - Burt Crane
- Paul Baxley - Thurman Case
- Margaret Field - Maude Wilson
- Director(s):
- William F. Claxton
- Writer(s):
- Charles Lang
- Producer(s):
- William F. Claxton
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