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16 September 1953 (Denmark) morePlot:
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Oil
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Fishing
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Ocean
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Beautiful Woman
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1940s
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Where's The Widescreen Version? moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| James Stewart | ... | Steve Martin | |
| Joanne Dru | ... | Stella Rigaud | |
| Gilbert Roland | ... | Teche Bossier | |
| Dan Duryea | ... | Johnny Gambi | |
| Jay C. Flippen | ... | Kermit MacDonald | |
| Marcia Henderson | ... | Francesca Rigaud | |
| Robert Monet | ... | Phillipe Bayard | |
| Antonio Moreno | ... | Dominique Rigaud | |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Rawlings (as Henry Morgan) | |
| Fortunio Bonanova | ... | Sheriff Antoine Chighizola | |
| Mario Siletti | ... | Louis Chighizola |
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103 minCountry:
USALanguage:
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1.37 : 1 moreFilming Locations:
Morgan City, Louisiana, USAFun Stuff
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Although filmed in the standard 1.37-1 aspect ratio, Thunder Bay was chosen by Universal-International as its first wide screen feature, accomplishing this by cropping the top and bottom and projecting it at 1.85-1 at Loew's State Theatre in New York City, as well as other sites. Its initial presentation also marked UI's first use of directional stereophonic sound. moreQuotes:
Johnny Gambi: Can you, uh, juggle or anything like that? We might pick up a few bucks.Steve Martin: I can imitate a movie star.
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This was decent entertainment but nothing special, which it could have been with the likes of James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Dan Duryea and Gilbert Roland, and directed by Anthony Mann. This is supposed to be very good widescreen viewing but, unfortunately, I haven't viewed it on that format. We are all stuck with a formatted-to-TV tape until a DVD is released on this film. What's the holdup?
Duryea and Stewart played their normal interesting roles. This is mainly storytelling, even though it's listed as an "action movie." Nobody gets killed, and there is very little violence and, of course, no profanity. It's simply a story of some people who are the first to successfully drill oil offshore and the resistance they get from the local fishermen.
Dru mostly frowns through the picture, so she's not that likable as the female romantic lead. Stewart's squeaky voice doesn't across that well here, either. He sounded better on most of his other films.
It's an okay movie but certainly not one I would watch frequently, but I would like to see this in its intended widescreen version.