Thunder in the City

1937 film

Thunder in the City

1937 Theatrical Poster

Directed by| Marion Gering
Written by| Robert E. Sherwood (screenplay) &
Aben Kandel (screenplay) &
Ákos Tolnay (screenplay)
Jack E. Jewell (scenario)
Dudley Storrick (additional dialogue)
Produced by| Alexander Esway (producer)
Richard Vernon (assistant producer)
Starring| See below
Cinematography| Alfred Gilks
Edited by| Arthur Hilton
Music by| Miklós Rózsa

Production
company

Atlantic Film Company

Distributed by| United Artists (UK)
Columbia Pictures (US)

Release dates

* 13 January 1937 (1937-01-13) (UK)
* 22 April 1937 (1937-04-22) (US)

Running time

| 87 minutes (US)
88 minutes (UK)
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English
Box office| $300,000[1]

Thunder in the City is a 1937 British drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Edward G. Robinson, Luli Deste, Nigel Bruce and Ralph Richardson.[2]

## Plot

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An American salesman with radically successful methods visits England ostensibly to learn a more dignified manner of salesmanship. He is mistaken for a millionaire by a cash-poor family of noble ancestry with a stately home to sell which he can't afford to buy. But by working with them instead he finds romance and equal success in business with his old marketing techniques.

## Cast

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* Edward G. Robinson as Daniel "Dan" Armstrong
* Luli Deste as Lady Patricia "Pat" Graham
* Nigel Bruce as Duke of Glenavon
* Constance Collier as Duchess of Glenavon
* Ralph Richardson as Henry V. Manningdale
* Arthur Wontner as Sir Peter "Pete" Challoner
* Nancy Burne as Edna, the Singer
* Annie Esmond as Lady Challoner
* Cyril Raymond as James
* Elizabeth Inglis as Dolly
* James Carew as Mr. Snyderling
* Everley Gregg as Millie, Dan's Secretary in New York
* Donald Calthrop as Dr. Plumet, the Chemist
* Billy Bray as Bill, the Pianist

## Soundtrack

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Main dramatic Score by Miklos Rozsa.

* "Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D" (Music by Edward Elgar, words ("Land of Hope and Glory") by Arthur C. Benson)
* Billy Bray and Nancy Burne – "She Was Poor But She Was Honest"
* "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (Traditional)
* Billy Bray and Nancy Burne – "Magnelite"
* Stockholders – "Magnelite"
* Stockholders – "Auld Lang Syne" (Scottish traditional music, lyrics by Robert Burns)

## Reception

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Writing for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, labeling it "worst English film of the quarter". Greene criticized the special effects and its "complete ignorance – in spite of its national studio – of English life and behaviour". Conceding that the film is, after all, a fantasy, Greene nonetheless complains that "even a fantasy needs some relation to life".[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Baynes' Setback". Variety. 10 August 1938. p. 17.
2. ^ BFI.org
3. ^ Greene, Graham (19 March 1937). "Pluck of the Irish/The Sequel to Second Bureau/Thunder in the City/Head Over Heels". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. pp. 138–139\. ISBN 0192812866.)

## External links

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* Thunder in the City at IMDb
* Thunder in the City  is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
* Thunder in the City on YouTube

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Films directed by Marion Gering

* I Take This Woman (1931)
* 24 Hours (1931)
* Ladies of the Big House (1931)
* Devil and the Deep (1932)
* Madame Butterfly (1932)
* Pick-Up (1933)
* Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
* Good Dame (1934)
* Thirty-Day Princess (1934)
* Ready for Love (1934)
* Rumba (1935)
* Rose of the Rancho (1936)
* Lady of Secrets (1936)
* Thunder in the City (1937)
* She Married an Artist (1937)
* Sarumba (1950)

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