A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.
Costume
Russell's wardrobe fights the desert heat with defiant glamour.
Acting
Chandler's stiff dignity cracks beautifully; Duryea oozes sleaze.
Cinematography
Arizona locations shot like fever dream postcards.
Director
Joseph Pevney
Jane Russell
Amanda
Jeff Chandler
Jonathan Dartland
Dan Duryea
Hugh Slater
Mara Corday
Maria
Barton MacLane
Jim Mablett
Frieda Inescort
Mrs. Lawrence
Celia Lovsky
Princess Saba
Eddy Waller
Old Larky (as Eddy C. Waller)
Robert F. Simon
Ernest Tyson
Charlotte Wynters
Mrs. Mablett
Robert Bice
Walt Whitman
Arthur Space
Foley
Lillian Bronson
Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Russell and Chandler reunited here after *The Revolt of Mamie Stover*; their contractually obligated chemistry was reportedly ice-cold off-set.
Chandler's 'half-Indian' casting typifies 1950s Hollywood's cosmetic diversity—his actual heritage was Jewish, and the film treats indigeneity as tragic mood lighting.
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