Walking Thunder (1997)

In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear knows as "... See full summary »

Director:

Craig Clyde

Writers:

Craig Clyde (screenplay), Craig Clyde (story),

Stars:

James Read, John Denver, David Tom

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Read	...	Abner Murdock
John Denver	...	John McKay
David Tom	...	Jacob McKay
Irene Miracle	...	Emma McKay (as Klara Irene Miracle)
Christopher Neame	...	Ansel Richter
Ted Thin Elk	...	Dark Wind (as Chief Ted Thin Elk)
Kevin Conners	...	Toby McKay
Billy Oscar	...	Weasel
Don Shanks	...	Blood Coat
Robert DoQui	...	Gun Trader
K.C. Clyde	...	Danny McKay (as Kasey Clyde)
David Kirk Chambers	...	Thomas McKay
Carolyn Hurlburt	...	Anne McKay
Dane Stevens	...	Angus Campbell (as Duane Stephens)
Wayne Brennan	...	Windy Bill

Storyline

In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear knows as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, and his family's survival is secured. Brian Keith narrates this family western adventure, which won a Silver Award at the WorldFest Film Festival.

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Plot Keywords:

mountain man | young boy | medicine man | coming of age | 14 year old | 

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Genres:

Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for elements of frontier violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Auf der Spur des großen Bären

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Corrections, if you please

I had to laugh at the remarks of several saying "the cabin was built in one day". That is as ridiculous as the remarks were. The cabin was built over several weeks, those weeks not filmed. The oldest son went with the mountain man to get supplies. It took much longer in those days to get to places. They had no corner markets, 7-11s, etc. Come on. Common sense teaches you that much. What else did they have to do but work on the cabin from sun up to sun down? They sure didn't have a TV to sit and watch. The era they represented was done so accordingly. Do not be critical of this tale. Perhaps a lot more footage was left off. We do not know. I wish the DVD had the extra stuff in it, but it does not.