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Thunder on the Hill is a american film of genre Drama directed by Douglas Sirk released in USA on 17 october 1951 with Claudette Colbert
Thunder on the Hill (1951)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 october 1951
Length 1h24
Directed by Douglas Sirk
OriginUSA
Themes Films based on plays
Rating67%
Thunder on the Hill is a 1951 mystery drama film directed by Douglas Sirk. The picture was made by Universal International Pictures and produced by Michael Kraike from a screenplay by Oscar Saul and Andrew Solt, based on the play Bonaventure by Charlotte Hastings. The music score was by Hans J. Salter and the cinematography by William H. Daniels.
The film stars Claudette Colbert and Ann Blyth with Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper, Michael Pate, John Abbott and Norma Varden.
Synopsis
Sister Mary Bonaventure is in charge of the hospital ward of a convent in the county of Norfolk, England. She is troubled by her own sister's suicide, which she confides to her Mother Superior.Actors
Claudette Colbert
(Sister Mary Bonaventure)
Ann Blyth
(Valerie Carns)
Robert Douglas
(Dr. Edward Jeffreys)
Gladys Cooper
(Mother Superior)
Michael Pate
(Willie Pentridge)
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