Thunder Bay

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Thunder Bay (1953)

05/21/1953 (US) Adventure, Drama 1h 43m

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The Brawling, Mauling Story of the Biggest Bonanza of Them All !

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Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.

John Michael Hayes

Screenplay, Story
Anthony Mann

Director
Gil Doud

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James Stewart

Steve Martin
Joanne Dru

Stella Rigaud
Gilbert Roland

Teche Bossier
Dan Duryea

Johnny Gambi
Jay C. Flippen

Kermit MacDonald
Marcia Henderson

Francesca Rigaud
Robert Monet

Phillipe Bayard
Antonio Moreno

Dominique Rigaud
Harry Morgan

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Thunder Bay is directed by Anthony Mann and written by Gil Doud and George W. George. It stars James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Dan Duryea, Gilbert Roland and Jay C. Flippen. Music is by Frank Skinner and cinematography by William H. Daniels.

Offshore oil drillers set up base at Port Felicity, Louisiana and find the town’s shrimpers are not at all happy about this threat to their livelihood. Conflict and affairs of the heart do follow.

One of the eight films that James Stewart and Anthony Mann made together, Thunder Bay was relevant in topicality upon its release, and remains so... read the rest.

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