Desire in the Dust (1960)

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Release Date: 1960

Duration: 102min

Category: Crime Drama, Drama

Cast: Raymond Burr, William F. Claxton, Irene Ryan, Joan Bennett, Martha Hyer, Lucien Ballard, Brett Halsey, Douglas Fowley, Edward Binns, Ernst Fegte, Jack Ging, Ken Scott

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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... more

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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide less