Storyline

The 1870s, New Mexico territory: T.C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) is a cattle baron who built his ranch, the Furies, from scratch. He borrows from banks, pays hired hands with his own script ("T.C.'s"), and carries on low-level warfare with the Mexicans who settled the land, but are now considered squatters. He has enemies, including Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey), a saloon owner whose father T.C. took land from. His headstrong daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), has a life-long friend in one of the Mexicans, her heart set on Rip, and dad's promise she'll run the Furies someday. Her hopes are smashed by Rip's revenge, a gold-digger who turns T.C.'s head, and T.C.'s own murderous imperialism. Is Vance to be cursed by fury and hatred?—

Plot Keywords

domineering father, san francisco california, cattle drive, derringer, brother brother relationship, reference to napoleon, family relationships, mother son relationship, father daughter relationship, patriarch, strong female protagonist, title spoken by character, bankruptcy, bull, banker, bank loan, squatter, gun battle, gambler, rancher

Short Review

The movie's jarring violence pales beside the clashes of egos and the disputes between new banking interests and age-old claims on the land.

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