American film noir, wrote that "the prison assault remains one of the most brutal sequences in postwar American cinema." In 1998, Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader included the film in his unranked list of the best American films not included on the AFI Top 100. Accolades Nominations British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards: Best Film from Any Source, 1952. Restoration Among the final films made in the U.S. by blacklisted writer/director Cy Endfield before he relocated to England, The Sound of Fury has been restored by the Film Noir Foundation. The restored version was aired for the first time on Turner Classic Movies on January 25, 2020, and was introduced by Eddie Muller. References External links The Sound of Fury at Film Noir of the Week by Glenn Erickson 1950 films 1950 crime drama films American black-and-white films American crime drama films Film noir Films about kidnapping Films based on American novels Films directed by Cy Endfield Films scored by Hugo Friedhofer Films set in California United Artists films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films