Desire in the Dust (1960)

Directed by

William F. Claxton

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a small Southern town, a wealthy family's dark secrets unravel when a man returns after years in prison. He gets caught up in a web of greed, lust, and murder.

tensemelodramaticbroodingsuspensefuldarkly atmosphericseedyslow-burn

What happens

Desire in the Dust is a 1960 American neo noir crime film released by the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, directed by William F. Claxton, produced by Robert L. Lippert and starring Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Charles Lang based on a novel by Harry Whittington. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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