Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake is a 1942 American south seas adventure film directed by John Cromwell and starring Tyrone Power. 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.
Plot
During the reign of King George III, in Bristol, England, young Benjamin Blake, son of the deceased Baronet of Breetholm is taken from his commoner grandfather, gunsmith Amos Kidder, and forced to serve his vengeful uncle, Sir Arthur Blake. Arthur inherited the title and land from his brother Godfrey, and fears that Ben may not have been born out of wedlock and might claim his inheritance. He compels the boy to become his ward and bonded servant, giving Arthur life-and-death power over the lad. Ben runs away to his grandfather, but rather than force the old man to live a life on the run, returns to Breetholm, vowing to endure whatever he must in order to one day prove himself a "true Blake" and recover his birthright.
More details
| author | Philip Dunne |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | England |
| director | John Cromwell |
| editor | Walter A. Thompson |
| genre | adventure drama historical |
| keywords | assumed name baronet beat betray bonded servant break bristol capital offense common people commoner death sentence eve force gunsmith hang hanging offense help id inherit jumping ship king george iii manor house married new love old man on the run scheme south seas than the young man |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| theme | romantic drama |