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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Cromwell released in USA on 29 january 1942 with Tyrone Power
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 january 1942
Length 1h38
OriginUSA
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Children's films
Rating70%
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake is a 1942 adventure film directed by John Cromwell, starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney. The film was adapted from Edison Marshall's 1941 historical novel Benjamin Blake. It is notable as the last film Frances Farmer appeared in before her legal problems and eventual commitment to psychiatric hospitals until 1950.
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The story is set during the reign of King George III, in Bristol, England, where young Benjamin Blake (Roddy McDowall), son of the deceased Baronet of Breetholm is taken from his commoner grandfather, gunsmith Amos Kidder (Harry Davenport), and forced to serve his vengeful uncle, Sir Arthur Blake (George Sanders). Arthur inherited the title and land from his brother Godfrey, and fears that Ben may not have been born out of wedlock and might claim his inheritance. He compels the boy to become his ward and bonded servant, giving Arthur life-and-death power over the lad. Ben runs away to his grandfather, but rather than force the old man to live a life on the run, returns to Breetholm, vowing to endure whatever he must in order to one day prove himself a "true Blake" and recover his birthright.Actors
Tyrone Power
(Benjamin Blake)
Gene Tierney
(Eve)
George Sanders
(Sir Arthur Blake)
Frances Farmer
(Isabel)
Roddy McDowall
(Benjamin - as a Boy)
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