Gun Fury DVD   Sony Pictures

Director Raoul Walsh’s Gun Fury is a rough-and-tumbleweed tale of a psychotic gunman and the hero determined to stop him. As the story opens, civil war veteran Ben Warren (Rock Hudson) no longer has the stomach for further bloodshed. Eager to give peaceful means a try, he aims to build a new life out West with his fiance (Donna Reed, fresh from her Oscar-winning performance for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, in From Here to Eternity, 1953). But when an outlaw ex-Confederate (Phil Carey) and his gang (including Lee Marvin, The Big Heat) kidnap Ben’s bride-to-be, his life is blown apart, forcing him into the world of violence he left behind. The film was originally shot in 3-D, so many scenes were designed to enhance the illusion of depth. Director Walsh sends fists, rocks, hooves, and a rattlesnake plunging toward the viewer, adding excitement to this compellingly watchable, hard-hitting Western morality tale about a man who can only be pushed so far.