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Desire in the Dust is a american film of genre Drama directed by William F. Claxton released in USA on 10 october 1960 with Raymond Burr
Desire in the Dust (1960)
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Add to a movie listDesire in the Dust is a 1960 film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by William F. Claxton, and produced by Robert L. Lippert. The film stars Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Charles Lang, based on a novel by Harry Whittington.
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Lonnie Wilson (Ken Scott), the son of a sharecropper, Zuba Wilson (Douglas Fowley), returns to his small southern hometown of Clinton, Louisiana after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son, Davey, in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand (Martha Hyer), who is now Mrs. Melinda Thomas, having married Dr. Ned Thomas (Brett Halsey) while Lonnie was serving time in her place for the accident she caused.Actors
Raymond Burr
(Col. Ben Marquand)
Martha Hyer
(Melinda Marquand)
Joan Bennett
(Mrs. Marquand)
Brett Halsey
(Dr. Ned Thomas)
Ed Binns
(Luke Connett)
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