Desire in the Dust

Desire in the Dust
Desire in the Dust
Produced by Robert L. Lippert
Written by Charles Lang
Harry Whittington (novel)
Starring Raymond Burr
Martha Hyer
Joan Bennett
Music by Paul Dunlap
Cinematography Lucien Ballard
Editing by Richard W. Farrell
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Running time 102 min
Country USA
Language English

Desire in the Dust is a 1960 film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by William F. Claxton, and produced by Robert L. Lippert. The film stars Raymond Burr as Col. Ben Marquand, Martha Hyer and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Charles Lang, based on a novel by Harry Whittington.

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Summary

Lonnie Wilson (Ken Scott), the son of a sharecropper, Zuba Wilson (Douglas Fowley), returns to small southern hometown of Clinton, Louisiana after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son, Davey, in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand (Martha Hyer), who is now Mrs. Melinda Thomas, married Dr. Ned Thomas (Brett Halsey), while Lonnie was serving time in her place, for the accident she caused.[1]

Somewhat miffed about all this, Lonnie incites Dr. Ned about his wife's infidelity, which Dr. Ned verifies when he catches Lonnie and Melinda in a semi-torrid embrace in Colonel Marquand's hunting lodge. Melinda, looking for an explanation for this situation, shoots and wounds Lonnie to defend her innocence by claiming she was being raped. Colonel Marquand, who had bribed Lonnie to take the blame for his daughter, uses her story to try to have Sheriff Wheaton (Kelly Thordsen) kill Lonnie, and put an end to all this mess. Mrs. Marquand (Joan Bennett) eventually faces Davey's death and realizes that she witnessed Melinda run down her little brother. Peter Marquand (Jack Ging) and Ned return to the lodge and inform Otis that the charges against Lonnie are all lies. Exonerated, Lonnie gives Zuba the deed to the farm, and the old man dances in delight, thrilled to finally own his land.[2]

Raymond Burr was already three years into Perry Mason when he decided to return to his movie-villain roots with Desire in the Dust.[3]

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References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053762/ IMDB
  2. ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/89222/Desire-in-the-Dust/overview
  3. ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=72862 TCM

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