---
title: 'Desert Fury (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lewis Allen'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/desert-fury-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039311/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Desert Fury (1947)

1947 · 96 min · Drama, Crime, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Desert Fury is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen, and starring Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak and Burt Lancaster. Its plot follows the daughter of a casino owner in a small Nevada town who becomes involved with a racketeer who was once suspected of murdering his wife. The screenplay was written by Robert Rossen and A. I. Bezzerides (uncredited), adapted from the 1947 novel Desert Town by Ramona Stewart. The picture was produced by Hal Wallis, with music by Miklós Rózsa and cinematography in Technicolor by Edward Cronjager and Charles Lang.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lewis Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-allen)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Rossen](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rossen), [Albert Isaac Bezzerides](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-isaac-bezzerides)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lang)
- **Editor:** [Warren Low](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-low)

## Cast

- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster)
- [John Hodiak](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hodiak)
- [Lizabeth Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/lizabeth-scott)
- [William Harrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-harrigan)
- [Wendell Corey](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendell-corey)
- [Ray Teal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-teal)
- [Jane Novak](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-novak)
- [James Flavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-flavin)
- [Kristine Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristine-miller)
- [Mary Astor](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-astor)

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