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Mood:
- BleakDisturbingCaptivatingRoughSuspenseful
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Plot:
- VigilantismFalse AccusationFrame UpMurderCrimesDishonestyLife is a BitchSociety more...
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Genres:
- DramaCrime
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century30s
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Place:
- AustraliaPrisonSmall Town
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Look:
- B&W
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Fury, 1936
English
USA
Profile of Fury
The mood of Fury is disturbing, bleak, and captivating. The plot centers around a frame-up, vigilantism, and a false accusation. It is a drama and crime movie. In approach, Fury is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a prison and in a small town. The setting is Australia. Fury happens in the 1930s. Visually, it is black and white. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Fury
In Fritz Lang's first American film, a young engaged couple, Joe (Spencer Tracey) and Katherine (Sylvia Sydney), are saying a sad good bye, parting for as long as it will take them to save up enough money to start a life together. Eventually the day arrives when the two are to be reunited, but en-route to see Katherine, Joe is picked up by an ornery police officer in search of a kidnapper. Among bizarre extenuating circumstances and circumstantial evidence, all signs point to Joe as the culprit, and he is immediately taken to jail. The news of the kidnapper's capture spreads quickly through town, and soon an angry mob gathers outside the jail. The mob quickly becomes violent and burns down the jail with Joe apparently inside. Shortly thereafter, the real kidnapper is captured, and the local citizens fall under the scrutiny of the law, which accuses them of Joe's murder. Lang's favorite themes-- media and the masses--come to play as the film follows the strange story to its unusual and astonishing conclusion. Stunning visuals and a crisp narrative combine to create an aura of paranoia and madness, as each character is forced to confront his own morality.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 29 May 1936 |
| Runtime: | 90 min |
Cast and Crew
as Joe Wilson
as Katherine Grant
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