Stars Jane Russell and Jeff Chandler. When upper crust caucasian girl Amanda falls fast for engineer Jonathan Dartland, there are issues to be discussed, since Jonathan is part apache. some really dramatic sunsets right at the beginning. Amanda is headstrong, and proposes right away. Dartland has an idea of the conflict they are in for, and is hesitant. and the local ladies are all wearing prim and proper dresses, while Amanda struts into town wearing a more revealing top, with bare shoulders and everything. and no hat! and the locals watch as Hugh ( dan duryea) pays more attention to Amanda than Dartland. jealousy. flirting. head games. amanda keeps trying to cozy up to Dartland, but he keeps pulling away, making things harder between them. and then amanda learns more about the apache culture, and how Dartland had thought the traditions were supposed to work. can they hold it together?
Directed by Joseph Pevney, who made films from 1950 -1960, and then was king of the tv series. original novel by Anya Seton. Oh, and the title Foxfire comes from the glow of the rotting timbers near a mine, and is quite dangerous. according to Dartland, the miner. it's pretty good. some plot issues, but certainly entertaining.
