Thunder Pass (1954 film) explained

Thunder Pass
Director:	Frank McDonald.
Producer:	Robert L. Lippert Robert A. Nunes
Starring:	Dane Clark Dorothy Patrick Andy Devine
Music:	Edward J. Kay
Editing:	Ace Herman
Studio:	Lippert Pictures
Distributor:	Lippert Pictures
Runtime:	76 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Thunder Pass is a 1954 American western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Dane Clark, Dorothy Patrick and Andy Devine.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

A cavalry unit escorts a group of civilians through dangerous territory inhabited by Indians on the warpath

Cast

• Dane Clark as Captain Dave Storm
• Dorothy Patrick as Murdock
• Andy Devine as Injun
• Raymond Burr as Tulsa
• Charles Fredericks as McCurdy
• Mary Ellen Kay as Charity Hemp
• John Carradine as Bergstrom
• Raymond Hatton as Ancient
• Nestor Paiva as Daniel Slaughter
• Tom Hubbard as Barnett
• Rick Vallin as Reeger
• Tommy Cook as Rogers
• Paul McGuire as Charlie Hemp
• Elizabeth Harrower as Mrs. Hemp
• William Wilkerson as Chief Growling Bear
• Gordon Wynn as Dalstead
• Fred Gabourie as Indian
• Kenneth Alton as Black Eagle

Production

Filming started 17 May 1954 in Apple Valley and took 12 days.^[4]

External links

• • Thunder Pass at British Film Institute

Notes and References

1. NOVEL BY CARSON BOUGHT FOR FILM New York Times 17 May 1954: 18.
2. Jeanne Crain, Andrews Brave African DangersScheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 19 Aug 1954: A11.
3. THUNDER PASSMonthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 22, Iss. 252, (Jan 1, 1955): 126.
4. Drama: Gravel-Voiced Devine Back to Films; William Demarest Aids HannibalSchallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 17 May 1954: B9.