Thunder in the Valley (1947)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Louis King

Writers:

Jerome Cady (writer)
Alfred Ollivant (novel)

Release Date:

1 November 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Lifting Your Heart to the Highlands of Adventure... with the enduring charm of young love!

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Border Collie | Sheepdog Trial | Sheepdog | Based On Novel

Cast

Lon McCallister	...	David MacAdam
Peggy Ann Garner	...	Maggie Moore
Edmund Gwenn	...	Adam MacAdam
Reginald Owen	...	James Moore
Charles Irwin	...	Long Kirby

Also Known As:

Bob, Son of Battle (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #12241)

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Movie Connections:

Remake of Owd Bob (1938)

Great old movie, especially the sheepdog trials.

This is a great movie, given the era. It is not true to the original book, but close enough. The sheepdog trials are excellent, however, when you compare them to the travesties portrayed in the Lassie movies. The course is a possible but difficult one and certainly would indicate a dog's skill if it could be achieved. Whereas, in the book Auld Bob is supposed to be the superior dog, the movie portrays Red Wull as the dog with the real skill and style of a working sheepdog. Hey, I'm a Border Collie geek--what do you expect?