Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

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Overview
Cast & Crew

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.

Original Release

01/29/1942

US Release

01/29/1942

Cast

Tyrone Power	Benjamin Blake
Gene Tierney	Eve
George Sanders	Sir Arthur Blake
Frances Farmer	Isabel
Elsa Lanchester	Bristol Isabel
Roddy McDowall	Benjamin - as a Boy
John Carradine	Caleb Green
Harry Davenport	Amos Kidder
Kay Johnson	Helena
Dudley Digges	Pratt

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Directors

John Cromwell, Darryl F. Zanuck

Writers

Philip Dunne, Edison Marshall

Cast

Tyrone Power	Benjamin Blake
Gene Tierney	Eve
George Sanders	Sir Arthur Blake
Frances Farmer	Isabel
Elsa Lanchester	Bristol Isabel
Roddy McDowall	Benjamin - as a Boy
John Carradine	Caleb Green
Harry Davenport	Amos Kidder
Kay Johnson	Helena
Dudley Digges	Pratt
Halliwell Hobbes	Purdy
Marten Lamont	Kenneth Hobart
Arthur Hohl	Captain Greenough / Capt. Greenough
Pedro de Cordoba	Feenou
Heather Thatcher	Maggie Martin
Mae Marsh	Mrs. Purdy
Mala	Marnoa
Leonard Carey	Pale Tom
Dennis Hoey	Lord Tarrant
Robert Greig	Judge