Thunder Rock (1942)
1h 52m
Running Time
December 4, 1942Release Date
Plot.
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.
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Cast & Crew.
Michael Redgrave
David Charleston
James Mason
Streeter
Barbara Mullen
Ellen Kirby
Finlay Currie
Capt. Joshua Stuart
Lilli Palmer
Melanie Kurtz
Roy Boulting
Director
Frederick Valk
Dr. Kurtz
Robert Ardrey
Writer
Sybille Binder
Anne Marie
Jeffrey Dell
Writer
Frederick Cooper
Briggs
Bernard Miles
Writer
Jean Shepeard
Mrs. Briggs
Leslie Arliss
Writer
Barry Morse
Robert
Anna Reiner
Writer
George Carney
Harry
Miles Malleson
Chairman of Directors
Bryan Herbert
Flanning
James Pirrie
New Pilot
A.E. Matthews
Mr. Kirby
Olive Sloane
Woman Director
Tommy Duggan
Office Clerk
Tony Quinn
Office Clerk
Harold Anstruther
British Consul
Alfred Sangster
Director
Gerard Heinz
Dr. Hartmann (uncredited)
Vi Kaley
Old Woman in Cell (uncredited)
David Keir
1st Magistrate (uncredited)
Andreas Malandrinos
Italian Police Chief (uncredited)
Arnold Marlé
President of the Medical Society (uncredited)
Bernard Rebel
Italian Passenger (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 4, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Thunder Rock is a 1942 British drama film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Michael Redgrave and Barbara Mullen, with James Mason and Lilli Palmer in supporting roles. It was based on Robert Ardrey's 1939 play Thunder Rock.