Thundering Frontier (1940)
A landslide of lightning adventure!
After a handful of non-formula westerns, Charles Starrett returned to the mixture as before in Thundering Frontier. Starrett plays Jim Fillmore, kind to old ladies, small animals and heroine Norma Belknap. In contrast, the villains are kind to no one, least of all struggling building contractor Square Deal Scottie, whose projects are continually targeted for demolition and his payroll is forever being stolen at gunpoint. A good 25 percent of the film's running time is given over to Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers, whose C&W croonings are pleasant but a bit much.
- Date of release
- 1940-12-05
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- D. Ross Lederman
Casting
- Charles Starrett — Jim Filmore
- Iris Meredith — Norma Belknap
- Ray Bennett — Ed Filmore
- Alex Callam — Square Deal Scottie
- Carl Stockdale — Andrew Belknap
- Fred Burns — Hank Loomis
- Bob Nolan — Bob
- John Tyrrell — Bartender Mac
- Francis Walker — Henchman Stub
- John Dilson — Carter Filmore
- Pat Brady — Musician (uncredited)
- George Chesebro — Henchman Dirk (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Thundering Frontier is a 1940 American Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Charles Starrett.
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