Fury

Pros:
Fritz Lang, Spencer Tracy
Cons: Slow moving, Stagy

Fury (1936) Based on a story entitled "Mob Rule," by Norman Krasna, Fury was German filmmaker Fritz Lang's first Hollywood movie, made for MGM - home of the quote-unquote decent movie like Andy Hardy, etc. - probably ...

Pros: cinematography
Cons: somewhat heavy handed with a 1-D heroine

Based on a magazine story "Mob Rule" the rights to which MGM owned, the frustrated refugee director Fritz Lang crafted an indictment of lynching that was of considerable relevance in the United States, where an anti-lynching law was blocked by Southern ...

Pros: Spencer Tracy gives a riveting performance.
Cons: Peanuts, a misspelled word and some other plot contrivances are a little too obvious.

In this challenging and provocative movie, set in the United States, one character tells another, "My dear young woman, in this country people don't land in jail unless they're guilty." That is not a sentiment restricted to some distant time. Ed ...