Foxfire
Foxfire is a 1955 American drama romance western film released by Universal-International, directed by Joseph Pevney, and starring Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler, and Dan Duryea. The movie was loosely based on a best-selling 1950 novel by Anya Seton.
Plot
After her car breaks down in the Arizona desert, New York socialite Amanda Lawrence accepts a ride from Jonathan Dartland, a mining engineer, and his friend Hugh Slater, a doctor with a penchant for liquor. Invited to a party hosted by her wealthy mother at the resort where they are staying, "Dart" claims to dislike mothers, especially those of spoiled beautiful daughters, but he and Amanda fall in love and quickly marry. Amanda's mother is not pleased to hear that Dart's mother is an Apache Indian princess, once married to a Boston college professor, who has taken back her Apache name and never sees her son.
More details
| author | Ketti Frings |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | Joseph Pevney |
| editor | Ted J. Kent |
| genre | drama romance western |
| keywords | abandon apache apache indian boston boston college college professor distilled beverage foxfire injured learn liquor lock married mine mining engineer new york return home sacred socialite spoil |
| musicBy | Frank Skinner |
| producer | Aaron Rosenberg |
| productionCompany | Universal International Pictures |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | romantic drama |