The Furies (#435)

Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston are at their fierce finest in master Hollywood craftsman Anthony Mann’s crackling western melodrama The Furies. In 1870s New Mexico Territory, megalomaniacal widowed ranch owner T. C. Jeffords (Huston, in his final role) butts heads with his firebrand of a daughter, Vance (Stanwyck), over her dowry, choice of husband, and, finally, ownership of the land itself. Sophisticated in its view of frontier settlement and ablaze with searing domestic drama, The Furies is an often-overlooked treasure of American filmmaking, boasting Oscar–nominated cinematography and vivid supporting turns from Judith Anderson, Wendell Corey, and Gilbert Roland.

SPECIAL FEATURES

High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray

Audio commentary from 2008 featuring film historian Jim Kitses

New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith (Blu-ray only)

The Movies: “Action Speaks Louder Than Words,” a 1967 television interview with director Anthony Mann

Rare on-camera interview with actor Walter Huston, made in 1931 for the movie-theater series Intimate Interviews

Interview from 2008 with Nina Mann, the director’s daughter

Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos (DVD only)

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by critic Robin Wood and a 1957 Cahiers du cinéma interview with Anthony Mann, as well as a new printing of the 1948 novel by Niven Busch on which the film is based