Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

72% User Rating

1h 38min

"Bold Swooping Tremendous Adventure!"

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.

John CromwellDirector

Cast

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Tyrone Power

Benjamin Blake

George Sanders

Sir Arthur Blake

Gene Tierney

Eve

Frances Farmer

Isabel

John Carradine

Caleb Green

Roddy McDowall

Benjamin - as a Boy

Elsa Lanchester

Bristol Isabel

Harry Davenport

Amos Kidder

Kay Johnson

Helena

Dudley Digges

Pratt

Halliwell Hobbes

Purdy

Marten Lamont

Kenneth Hobart

Arthur Hohl

Captain Greenough

Pedro de Cordoba

Feenou

Heather Thatcher

Maggie Martin

Mala

Marnoa

Lester Matthews

Prosecutor

Charles Irwin

Captain

Dennis Hoey

Lord Tarrant

Robert Greig

Judge

Clifford Severn

Paddy

Mae Marsh

Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Turnkey (uncredited)

David Clyde

Shellback (uncredited)

Cyril McLaglen

Grimes (uncredited)

Matthew Boulton

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

Pale Tom (uncredited)

James Craven

Guard (uncredited)

Ethel Griffies

Matron (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Keith Hitchcock

Crier (uncredited)

Rodd Redwing

Native (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

Rating 60%

June 26, 2022

Tyrone Power makes for quite a stylish hero in this tale of a young boy "Ben" (initially played by a young Roddy McDowell) who is dispossessed of his rightful inheritance by his avaricious uncle "Sir Arthur" (George Sanders). His childhood just one long grind under his uncle's unkindly boot, he stows away on a ship to the South Seas where, with his shipmate "Caleb" (John Carradine) they amass a fortune in pearls before a passing Dutch frigate takes him home again, this time wealthy enough to challenge his previous persecutor and claim his title, estate and his girl - the daughter of his unscrupulous uncle - "Isobel" (Frances Farmer). It's a bit sluggish at times, this - but a few fun cameos from Elsa Lanchester and Dudley Digges as the wily "Benjamin Pratt" lead us nicely to quite a lively bit of fisticuffs and an ending that is really quite fitting.