Desert Fury - La hija del pecado (1947)

★★★★ · an auspicious beginning · mmedefarge · 2024-07-21

Hi, my name is Lizabeth Scott and I am quickly becoming THE noir girl. I get a role in a movie opposite John Hodiak, who just did Lifeboat with Alfred Hitchcock. The only other name on this film is Mary Astor and there are two newcomers. One isn’t worth talking about. The other is Hodiak’s rival for my love. So imagine you’re running lines with six-footer John, who is “sun-bathing”, showing his skinny shoulders and slack belly. Hodiak is calling it in; this is noir and he’s playing a cheap hood and everybody knows how cheap hoods should behave. His rival has a sunny brown pompadour, electric…

★★ · Too much desert not enough fury · princeofwaldo · 2025-01-29

Lancaster is the only reason to watch this noir, and he doesn't have a lead role. Lizabeth Scott is her usual weak portrayal of a femme fatale. Hodiak, equally weak. Some nice shots of Nevada scenery but hardly enough to recommend this film. Could have been shortened to 70 minutes and still would have been too long.