Summary
Thunder on the Hill is an American film first released in 1951,
directed by Douglas Sirk.
The film stars Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas, Anne Crawford and Philip Friend.
It has also been released under the title: Bonaventure.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Douglas Sirk
- Script: Charlotte Hastings, Oscar Saul, Andrew Solt
- Photo: William H. Daniels
- Music: Hans J. Salter
- Cast: Claudette Colbert (Sister Mary Bonaventure), Ann Blyth (Valerie Carns), Robert Douglas (Dr. Edward Jeffreys), Anne Crawford (Isabel Jeffreys), Philip Friend (Sidney Kingham), Gladys Cooper (Mother Superior), Michael Pate (Willie), John Abbott (Abel Harmer), Connie Gilchrist (Sister Josephine), Gavin Muir (Melling), Phyllis Stanley (Nurse Phillips), Norma Varden (Pierce), Valerie Cardew (Nurse Colby), Queenie Leonard (Mrs. Smithson), Patrick O’Moore (Mr. Smithson), Gertrude Astor (Village Woman), Jack Carol (Bit Role), Steve Clark (Mr. Moore), David Dunbar (Bit Role), Herbert Evans (Bit Role), Betty Fairfax (Old Woman), James Fairfax (Bit Role), Arthur Gould-Porter (Proprietor), Robert Hale (Bit Role), Alma Lawton (Nurse Brent), Ian Murray (Officious Man), William O’Leary (Mr. Evans), Tudor Owen (Old Man), Tempe Pigott (Old Crone), Hilda Plowright (Bit Role), Felippa Rock (Sister Agatha), Gary Stewart (Child)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 84 min; B&W
- Aka: Bonaventure
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