Directed by:
William F. ClaxtonScreenplay:
Charles LangCinematography:
Lucien BallardComposer:
Paul DunlapCast:
Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer, Joan Bennett, Ken Scott, Brett Halsey, Edward Binns, Margaret Field, Douglas Fowley, Kelly Thordsen, Rex Ingram, Anne Helm, Irene Ryan (more)Plots(1)
Raymond Burr was already three years into Perry Mason when he decided to return to his movie-villain roots with Desire in the Dust. Burr, playing the patriarch of a Southern family, befriends the ex-convict (Ken Scott) who'd supposedly killed Burr's son in an auto accident. Actually the accident was caused by Burr's daughter (Martha Hyer), who hopes that she can buy the accused man's silence and thus secure her daddy's political future. The ex-con goes along with the deception, having fallen in love with the daughter, but soon learns that Burr plans to double-cross him. Based on a novel by Harry Whittington. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Raymond Burr
Canada
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Martha Hyer
USA
Best movies:
Sabrina (1954)
The Chase (1966)
Born to Kill (1947)
Joan Bennett
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
We're No Angels (1955)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Ken Scott
USA
Best movies:
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
The Gumball Rally (1976)
The Bravados (1958)
Brett Halsey
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Columbo (1971) (series)
All I Desire (1953)
Edward Binns
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Margaret Field
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Carrie (1952)
The Big Clock (1948)
Douglas Fowley
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Kelly Thordsen
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Rex Ingram
USA
Best movies:
The Talk of the Town (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
Sahara (1943)
Anne Helm
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
The Iron Maiden (1962)
Irene Ryan
USA
Best movies:
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation) - a.f.
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Jack Ging
USA
Best movies:
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Paul Baxley
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
Morituri (1965)
Knock on Any Door (1949)