Thunder Town

Director: Harry Fraser, Harry L. Fraser Harry Fraser

Overview

In his final starring Western for PRC, Bob Steele plays Jim Brandon who is imprisoned for a bank robbery and murder he didn't commit. Returning home on parole, Jim is ostracized by all and sundry, except Sheriff Warner (Steve Clark) and Betty Morgan (Ellen Hall), both of whom believe in his innocence. Aided by ranch cook Utah McGirk (Syd Saylor), Jim begins an investigation into the killing of his ranch partner and manages to find the murderer by using a new French discovery, ballistics. In between the fightin' and shootin', Don Weston performs his own "Trying to Forget" and "End of Rainbow Trail."

Product Details

Release Date:	09/29/2020
UPC:	0089218836199
Original Release:	1946
Source:	Alpha Video
Language:	English
Sales rank:	57,709

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bob Steele	Jim Brandon
Ella Hall	Betty Morgan,Actor
Syd Saylor	Utah McGirk
Bud Geary	Chuck Wilson
Charles King	Bill Rankin
Edward Howard	Dunc Rankin
Steve Clark	Sheriff Matt Warner
Bud Osborne	Henry Carson
Jimmy Aubrey	Peter Collins
Pascale Perry	Actor

Technical Credits

Harry Fraser	Director,Director
Arthur Alexander	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Some writers have suggested that Bob Steele was wearing a mustache in Thunder Town in preparation for his upcoming role in Warner Bros.' The Big Sleep (1946). Nothing could be further from the truth, however; Steele's murderous Canino in the Raymond Chandler classic appears clean-shaven and the filming had taken place long before Steele reported to the set of this, his final starring Western. Other than Steele's hirsute splendor things are pretty much as usual in this minor oater, what with Charles King and Bud Geary taking care of the skullduggery and pretty Ellen Hall observing the mayhem with suitable concern. But PRC producer Arthur Alexander played a cruel joke on the diminutive star by having him fight one Edward Howard, a rangy James Stewart-lookalike that made him look even smaller than he was.

All Movie Guide - Hans J. Wollstein