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6.6/10 MojTV Written by Norman Houston Starring Tim Holt
Martha Hyer Initial release June 1947 (USA) Box office 351,000 USD Screenplay Norman Houston | 6.7/10 IMDb Directed by Lew Landers Based on novel by Zane Grey Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures Director Lew Landers Budget 177,000 USD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 14, 1946 (1946-05-14) (USA) Cast Tim Holt, Martha Hyer, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie, Jason Robards Sr Similar Story by Zane Grey, Westerns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thunder Mountain is a 1947 film. It was the first of Holt's 29 post war Western star vehicles and the first in a series of Zane Grey adaptations he made for RKO. It was also the first film of his written by Norman Houston who would go on to write 19 more for the star.
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The film began production as To the Last Man (which had been filmed in 1923 with Richard Dix and 1933 with Randolph Scott) but the studio had trouble clearing the title because of a proposed Liberty Films project called The Last Man, so they used the title of the Zane Grey novel.
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Plot
A cowboy fights against crooks trying to control his land.
Production
Filming began in October 1946.
Reception
The film was made for a relatively high budget for a B Western. This was partly responsible for it making a profit of only $17,000.