Main Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges, Katherine Locke
Release Year: 1950
Country: US
Run Time: 91 minutes
Plot
The Sound of Fury is better known by its general release title, Try and Get Me. Based on Jo Pagano's novel The Condemned, the film recreates a dismal chapter in American history. In 1933, the otherwise peace-loving citizens of San Jose, CA, were stirred up by blind hatred into forming a mob and lynching two accused kidnappers (this same incident was fictionalized in the 1935 Fritz Lang film Fury). Frank Lovejoy and Lloyd Bridges play a couple of down-and-outers who kidnap a wealthy youngster in hopes of getting a huge ransom. Things go terribly wrong, and the boy is killed. When the two kidnappers are arrested, a local journalist (Richard Carlson) inflames the populace with a series of hate-filled articles about the two prisoners. The journalist then stands by in mute horror as he watches the terrible results of his irresponsible print campaign. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Adele Jergens - Velma; Art Smith - Hal Clendenning; Renzo Cesana - Dr. Simone; Cliff Clark - Sheriff Demig; Carl Kent - Donald Miller; Lynn Gray - Vi Clendenning; Dabbs Greer - Mike; Mary Lawrence - Kathy; Irene Vernon - Helen Stanton; Mack Williams - Prof. Martin; Jane Easton - Barbara Colson
Credit
Perry Ferguson - Art Director, Cy Raker Endfield - Director, George J. Amy - Editor, Hugo W. Friedhofer - Composer (Music Score), Guy Roe - Cinematographer, Robert Stillman - Producer, Cy Raker Endfield - Screenwriter, Jo Pagano - Screenwriter, Jo Pagano - Book Author
