Thunder Bay (film)

For other uses, see Thunder Bay (disambiguation).
Thunder Bay
Theatrical film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed byAnthony Mann
Written byGeorge W. George
George F. Slavin
Screenplay byGil Doud
John Michael Hayes
Story byJohn Michael Hayes
Produced byAaron Rosenberg
StarringJames Stewart
Joanne Dru
Gilbert Roland
Dan Duryea
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byRussell F. Schoengarth
Music byFrank Skinner
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal-International
Release dates
  • May 19, 1953 (1953-05-19) (premiere)
  • May 20, 1953 (1953-05-20) (United States)
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Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.4 million (US)[3]

Thunder Bay is a 1953 American adventure film distributed by Universal International, produced by Aaron Rosenberg, directed by Anthony Mann, and starring James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, and Dan Duryea. It was shot in Technicolor and was released on May 20, 1953. This film tells the story of two engineers drilling for oil in the Louisiana gulf while dealing with hostility of the local shrimp fishermen fearing for their livelihood, and features the first non-western collaboration between Stewart and Mann.

  1. ^ "Wide-Screen 'Bay' of U-I at Loew's State Tonight". Motion Picture Daily. May 19, 1953. p. 2. Retrieved September 22, 2019 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AFI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1953". Variety. January 13, 1954.