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Thunder in the Valley (film)

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Thunder in the Valley
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLouis King
Screenplay byJerome Cady
Based onOwd Bob
by Alfred Ollivant
Produced byRobert Bassler
StarringLon McCallister
Peggy Ann Garner
Edmund Gwenn
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byNick DeMaggio
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 1, 1947 (1947-11-01)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Thunder in the Valley, sometimes known as Bob, Son of Battle, is a 1947 American Drama Western film directed by Louis King and starring Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner and Edmund Gwenn.[1] It is based on the 1898 novel Owd Bob by Alfred Ollivant.

It cost $1.9 million.[2]

Plot

A story of the Scottish highhands about a crockerty old sheepherder, Adam MacAdam who loves his prize collie dog, but little else, not even his son Davis. But David, with the help of a neighbor's daughter, Maggie Moore, raises his own prize dog and beats out his father in a contest.

Cast

Production

Parts of the film were shot in Duck Creek, Strawberry Valley, Strawberry Point, Kanab Canyon, Navajo Lake, and Blue Springs in Utah.[3]: 288 

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ "Amber cost seen near $5,000,000" Variety 30 October 1946 p 7
  3. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: A history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.


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