Fureur sur la ville

Original title: The Sound of Fury

1950
16
1h 31m

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Lloyd Bridges, Adele Jergens, Frank Lovejoy, and Kathleen Ryan in Fureur sur la ville (1950)

A down-on-his-luck driver joins a criminal's heists. Media coverage fuels public interest as their crimes grow bolder. When a hostage situation goes wrong, arrested suspects face danger from... Read allA down-on-his-luck driver joins a criminal's heists. Media coverage fuels public interest as their crimes grow bolder. When a hostage situation goes wrong, arrested suspects face danger from angry mobs. Police struggle to maintain order.A down-on-his-luck driver joins a criminal's heists. Media coverage fuels public interest as their crimes grow bolder. When a hostage situation goes wrong, arrested suspects face danger from angry mobs. Police struggle to maintain order.

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Frank Lovejoy

Howard Tyler

Kathleen Ryan

Judy Tyler

Richard Carlson

Gil Stanton

Lloyd Bridges

Jerry Slocum

Katherine Locke

Hazel Weatherwax

Adele Jergens

Velma

Art Smith

Hal Clendenning

Renzo Cesana

Dr. Vido Simone

Irene Vernon

Helen Stanton

Cliff Clark

Sheriff Lem Demig

Harry Shannon

Mr. Yaeger

Donald Ross

Tommy Tyler
(as Donald Smelick)

Robert Altuna

Boy in Miller Car
(uncredited)

Frank Baker

Man Exiting Optometrist
(uncredited)

Joe Conley

Man in Crowd
(uncredited)

Jane Easton

Barbara Colson
(uncredited)

Norman Field

Man on Street
(uncredited)

Lynn Gray

Vi Clendenning
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Martin Scorsese owned the only remaining 35mm print and authorized its use for the film's upgraded new print in 2013.

Goofs
During the opening credits, a shadow of a stage light and other equipment is visible on the first truck as it pulls out of the gas station.

Quotes
Jerry Slocum: He averages twenty bucks an hour, five hours a night, you figure it out.
Howard Tyler: Twenty bucks an hour? What does this guy do? Run a diamond mine?
Jerry Slocum: What diamond mine? All he does is pick up five little cards. Just five little cards. Only he knows what they are before he picks 'em up.
Howard Tyler: That's some job.
Jerry Slocum: I know another guy that averages four, five hundred a week. Sometimes more. He'd be willing to split with the right partner. He's the guy I was thinking about for you.
Howard Tyler: For me?
Jerry Slocum: All you have to do is drive his car. Think you'd be interested?
Howard Tyler: What makes you think he'd want me for a partner?
Jerry Slocum: My personal recommendation. All you gotta do is drive his car. He does all the work.
Howard Tyler: What kind of work?
Jerry Slocum: Oh, you know, knock up a gas station, maybe a hamburger joint, a liquor store. Nothing risky.

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8/10

Rare lynching film based on an all but forgotten true story

A bit preachy in the style of the day but a remarkable film. The opening is especially strong. Among the interesting touches, the movie lynch mob is made up mainly of college students wearing their school t-shirts. New York Model Adele Jergens didn't have much of a Hollywood career but she's right on the money in this one. Although the time frame is post WWII, the story is based on an actual lynching in San Jose, California, in 1933. Reporter Royce Brier of the San Francisco Chronicle won a Pulitzer for his account of the event.California Governor James Rolph Jr. was quoted as saying he would like to turn over all jail inmates serving sentences for kidnapping to the custody of "those fine patriotic San Jose citizens, who know how to handle such a situation."