Thunder in the Valley (film)

1947 directed by Louis King
  • November 1, 1947 (1947-11-01)
Running time
103 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Thunder in the Valley is a 1947 American Technicolor drama film directed by Louis King and starring Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner and Edmund Gwenn.[1] It is based on the 1898 novel Owd Bob by Alfred Ollivant, which has previously been adapted into a 1938 film of the same title. The film was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox and cost a reported $1.9 million.[2] It was released in Britain under the alternative title Bob, Son of Battle.

Plot

A crockerty old sheepherder, Adam MacAdam, loves his prize collie dog, but little else, not even his son David. But David, with the help of a neighbor's daughter, Maggie Moore, raises his own prize dog and beats out his father in a contest.

Cast

  • Lon McCallister as David MacAdam
  • Peggy Ann Garner as Maggie Moore
  • Edmund Gwenn as Adam MacAdam
  • Reginald Owen as James Moore
  • Charles Irwin as Long Kirby
  • Leyland Hodgson as Ferguson
  • Norma Varden as Lady Eleanor
  • J. Farrell MacDonald as McPherson - Innkeeper
  • John Rogers as MacKenzie
  • Houseley Stevenson as Angus MacIvor
  • Jean Prescott as Mrs. Elizabeth Moore
  • David Thursby as Samuel Thornton
  • Edgar Norton as Parson Leggy Hornbut
  • James Finlayson as Court Judge
  • Al Ferguson as Bailiff
  • Mae Marsh as Flower Vendor
  • Douglas Gerrard as Villager

Production

Parts of the film were shot in Duck Creek, Strawberry Valley, Strawberry Point, Kanab Canyon, Navajo Lake, and Blue Springs in Utah.[3]: 288 

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ "Amber cost seen near $5,000,000" Variety 30 October 1946 p 7
  3. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: A history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
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