Desire in the Dust

1960
Approved
1h 42min

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6,0/10

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Joan Bennett, Raymond Burr, Brett Halsey, Martha Hyer, and Ken Scott in Desire in the Dust (1960)

Crime Drama Mystery Romance

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueLonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an au... Tout lireLonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand, who is now Mrs. Melin... Tout lireLonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand, who is now Mrs. Melinda Thomas, since she married Dr. Ned Thomas, while Lonnie was serving time, in her place, ... Tout lire

Réalisation
- William F. Claxton
Scénario
- Harry Whittington
- Charles Lang
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

6,0/10

202

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- William F. Claxton
Scénario
- Harry Whittington
- Charles Lang
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompenses
- 1 victoire au total

Anecdotes
There was a 7-year age difference between Joan Bennett and Raymond Burr, playing husband and wife, and also between Burr and Martha Hyer, playing father and daughter.

Gaffes
After Melinda gets Lonnie back into the cabin by firing the two shots, she asks him whether he really thought she'd committed suicide. Very few people commit suicide by shooting themselves twice in rapid succession.

Citations
Cass Wilson: I don't like to kiss men with whiskey on their breath.
Zuba Wilson: Well you better get used to it honey or it's going to cut down on your list of spooning partners considerable.

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5/10

TV actors galore in overblown southern drama

Released in 1960, Desire in the Dust looks to have been a B movie, featuring a lot of TV actors and future TV actors: Raymond Burr, Anne Helm, Jack Ging, Edward Binns, Martha Hyer, and Brett Halsey. The film also looks to be attempting to cash in on the success of those southern Big Daddy dramas like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Long Hot Summer.

The Big Daddy in this one is Raymond Burr, who tightly controls a family that includes his off-her-rocker wife, played by Joan Bennett, stunningly beautiful daughter Hyer, her wimpy doctor husband, Brett Halsey, and son, Jack Ging. Bennnett never recovered from the death of a young son who was hit by a car six years earlier; Ging is love with the white trash daughter of the man who supposedly ran him over.

Of course, there's a lot more to the story than that and in 102 minutes, this film stuffs it all in, including more cigarettes and alcohol than one would see in ten films put together. There are also a lot of bullets, dust, and histrionics.

All in all, it's a slow go, with a couple of interesting segments and decent acting.