Thunder in the East

5.4
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Run time: 97 min
  • Premiere: 1952. December 4.

During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an agreement with guerilla leader Khan, the maharajah is a fool, and the British residents are living in the past. Steve's love interest is Joan Willoughby, the blind daughter of a parson.

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Deborah Kerr

Joan Willoughby

Alan Ladd

Steve Gibbs

Charles Boyer

Primer Minister Singh

Corinne Calvet

Lizette Damon

Cecil Kellaway

Dr. Willoughby

John Williams

General Sir Henry Harrison

John Abbott

Nitra Puta

Marc Cavell

Moti Lal

Philip Bourneuf

Newah Khan

Charles Lung

Maharajah

Leonard Carey

Dr. Paling

Molly Glessing

Mrs. Darcy-Thompson (uncredited)

Art

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Roland Anderson

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

Camera

Lee Garmes

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Crew

Paul Baxley

Stunt Double

Directing

Charles Vidor

Director

Arthur S. Black Jr.

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Everett Riskin

Producer

Sound

Hugo Friedhofer

Original Music Composer

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

John Cope

Sound Recordist

Writing

George Tabori

Adaptation

Jo Swerling

Screenplay