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Thunder in the East

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A pilot (Alan Ladd) runs guns to colonial India and falls in love with a British minister's blind daughter (Deborah Kerr).

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Bob Thomas Associated Press 07/30/2019
Thunder in the East is a mish-mash which is certain to offend the citizens of India and please few except the hardiest of Alan Ladd fans. Go to Full Review Manny Farber The Nation 01/07/2021
Thunder in the East is one of the slowest, most gruesome distortions of Asian existence since Lost Horizon. Go to Full Review Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine 04/17/2020
Confused and pretentious drama with the good actor Charles Boyer ... Highly praised in the general press, but I couldn't get the hang of it. The motivation is ultra-absurd. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Charles Vidor

Director

Alan Ladd

Steve Gibbs

Deborah Kerr

Joan Willoughby

Charles Boyer

Prime Minister Singh

Corinne Calvet

Lizette Damon

Cecil Kellaway

Dr. Willoughby
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Synopsis A pilot (Alan Ladd) runs guns to colonial India and falls in love with a British minister's blind daughter (Deborah Kerr).
Director
Charles Vidor
Producer
Everett Riskin
Production Co
Paramount
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 3, 1953, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 6, 2017
Runtime
1h 38m
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