Thunder in the East

Thunder in the East (DVD) (*)

$26.99

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1952 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Charles Vidor

Written By:
Jo Swerling
George Tabori

Actors:
Alan Ladd ..... Steve Gibbs
Deborah Kerr ..... Joan Willoughby
Charles Boyer ..... Prime Minister Singh
Corinne Calvet ..... Lizette Damon
Cecil Kellaway ..... Dr. Willoughby
Marc Cavell ..... Moti Lal
John Abbott ..... Nitra Puta
Philip Bourneuf ..... Newah Khan
John Williams ..... General Sir Henry Harrison
Charles Lung ..... Maharajah
Leonard Carey ..... Dr. Paling
Nelson Welch ..... Norton

Synopsis:

During the early days of East Indian independence in 1947, a native rebellion threatens a hotel full of Britishers, Europeans and Americans. Gunrunner Alan Ladd could care less about anything other than his own neck. Ladd runs up against the resistance of a pacifist Indian leader (Charles Boyer), who hopes to quell the factional disturbances. Falling in love with Deborah Kerr, blind daughter of missionary Cecil Kellaway, Ladd decides to forego mercenary involvement in India's internal affairs and to shepherd the stranded non-Indians to safety. Paramount was overproducing again in 1951, so Thunder in the East didn't go into release until 1953, at which time its story was outdated enough to result in utter indifference from the paying public.

During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an agreement with guerilla leader Khan, the maharajah is a fool, and the British residents are living in the past. Steve's love interest is Joan Willoughby, the blind daughter of a parson.

The film is set in 1947 after India has gained its independence from Britain. Steve Gibbs (Alan Ladd), an American arms dealer, flies into a small Indian state intending to sell weapons to a local maharajah whose capital is facing an attack from a bandit army. He is opposed by the maharajah's prime minister (Charles Boyer), who is a proponent of Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence. He also falls in love with a blind woman (Deborah Kerr).

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