The Sound of Fury aka Try and Get Me 1950

The Sound of Fury is better known by its general release title, Try and Get Me. Based on Jo Pagano's novel The Condemned, the film recreates a dismal chapter in American history. In 1933, the otherwise peace-loving citizens of San Jose, CA, were stirred up by blind hatred into forming a mob and lynching two accused kidnappers (this same incident was fictionalized in the 1935 Fritz Lang film Fury). Frank Lovejoy and Lloyd Bridges play a couple of down-and-outers who kidnap a wealthy youngster in hopes of getting a huge ransom. Things go terribly wrong, and the boy is killed. When the two kidnappers are arrested, a local journalist (Richard Carlson) inflames the populace with a series of hate-filled articles about the two prisoners. The journalist then stands by in mute horror as he watches the terrible results of his irresponsible print campaign.

Cast:



Frank Lovejoy - Howard Tyler

Kathleen Ryan - Judy Tyler

Richard Carlson - Gil Stanton

Lloyd Bridges - Jerry Slocum

Katherine Locke - Hazel

Adele Jergens - Velma

Art Smith - Hal Clendenning

Renzo Cesana - Dr. Simone

Cliff Clark - Sheriff Demig

Carl Kent - Donald Miller

Jane Easton - Barbara Colson

Lynn Gray - Vi Clendenning

Dabbs Greer - Mike

Mary Lawrence - Kathy

Irene Vernon - Helen Stanton

Mack Williams - Prof. Martin