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Fury, lynching sequence. (1936)

1936 · Short film · 16 min

Synopsis

Starring Spencer Tracy An excerpt from Fritz Lang's 1936 feature film. Agitators inflame a mob into burning down the town jail when the sheriff refuses to surrender a prisoner suspected of kidnapping a child Summary Shows how circumstantial evidence involves an innocent man in a kidnapping charge. Tells how the temper of the townspeople becomes inflamed before.roper investigation can be made, a mob forms and because the sheriff and deputies are unable to hold th./iob at bay, the jail is stormed and burned with the victim trapped inside. Excerpted from the feature film, 'FURY.'.

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Running time
16 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Educational Films, Ephemeral Films

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