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62% Critic Match
Thunder Rock
“Strange Emotion Stir the Pulse...when LOVE and PASSION clash in the world's loneliest outpost!”
6.2 / 10• 1942• 1h 52m•NR• English
DramaFantasyWar
Storyline
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.
Cast & Crew
Michael Redgrave
David Charleston
Lead
Barbara Mullen
Ellen Kirby
James Mason
Streeter
Lilli Palmer
Melanie Kurtz
Finlay Currie
Capt. Joshua Stuart
Frederick Valk
Dr. Kurtz
Sybille Binder
Anne Marie
FC
Frederick Cooper
Briggs
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roy Boulting's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Thunder Rock is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
