Directed by:
Joseph PevneyScreenplay:
Ketti FringsCinematography:
William H. DanielsComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler, Dan Duryea, Mara Corday, Barton MacLane, Frieda Inescort, Eddy Waller, Dabbs Greer, Beulah Archuletta, Robert F. Simon (more)Plots(1)
For full appreciation of the culture-clash drama Foxfire, it is crucial that the viewer accept Jeff Chandler as a Native American--not much of a stretch, since he'd previously been thoroughly convincing as Cochise in Broken Arrow. Chandler plays Jonathan Dartland, a half-breed Apache mining engineer working in his native Arizona. On a whim, Eastern socialite Amanda (Jane Russell) marries Jonathan. Disdaining "society", Dartland insists that the flighty Amanda remain in Arizona as a "typical" housewife. The rest of the film deals with the problematic period of adjustment for the seemingly mismatched couple. Foxfire earned a footnote in history as the film which was being screened on the Andrea Doria on the day that the ill-fated luxury liner went down. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jane Russell
USA
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Jeff Chandler
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Dan Duryea
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Mara Corday
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Barton MacLane
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Frieda Inescort
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Eddy Waller
USA
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Robert F. Simon
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Guy Wilkerson
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Robert Bice
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Arthur Space
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Celia Lovsky
Austria-Hungary
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Hal K. Dawson
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William Wilkerson
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Lillian Bronson
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Charlotte Wynters
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Charles Soldani
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