---
title: 'Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Cromwell'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/son-of-fury-the-story-of-benjamin-blake-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035360/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

1942 · 98 min · United States


## Synopsis

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake is a 1942 American south seas adventure film directed by John Cromwell and starring Tyrone Power. The film was adapted from Edison Marshall's 1941 historical novel Benjamin Blake. It is notable as the last film Frances Farmer appeared in before her legal problems and eventual commitment to psychiatric hospitals until 1950.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Cromwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cromwell)
- **Screenplay:** [Philip Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-dunne)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Charles Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-charles-miller)
- **Editor:** [Walter A. Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-a-thompson)

## Cast

- [Dudley Digges](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-digges)
- [Ray Mala](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-mala)
- [Roddy McDowall](https://cinepixo.com/people/roddy-mcdowall)
- [Dennis Hoey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-hoey)
- [Robert Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greig)
- [John Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carradine)
- [Leonard Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-carey)
- [Harry Davenport](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-davenport)
- [Frances Farmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-farmer)
- [Pedro de Cordoba](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-de-cordoba)
- [Heather Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/heather-thatcher)
- [Halliwell Hobbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/halliwell-hobbes)
- [Arthur Hohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hohl)
- [Tyrone Power](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyrone-power)
- [Elsa Lanchester](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-lanchester)

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