Thunder Mountain | |
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Directed by | Lew Landers |
Written by | Norman Houston |
Based on | To the Last Man by Zane Grey |
Produced by | Herman Schlom |
Starring |
Tim Holt Martha Hyer |
Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
Edited by | Philip Martin |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | June 1, 1947 [1] |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $177,000 [2] |
Box office | $351,000 [2] |
Thunder Mountain is a 1947 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Tim Holt and Martha Hyer. It was the first of Holt's 29 post war Western star vehicles [3] and the first in a series of Zane Grey adaptations he made for RKO. [4] It was also the first film of his written by Norman Houston who would go on to write 19 more for the star. [2]
The film began production as To the Last Man but the studio had trouble clearing the title because of a proposed Liberty Films project called The Last Man, so they used the title of the 1935 Zane Grey novel. [5]
A cowboy fights against crooks trying to control his land.
Filming began in October 1946. [6]
The film was made for a relatively high budget for a B Western. This was partly responsible for it making a profit of only $17,000. [2]