Thunder on the Hill
6.8
“Six desperate people...hiding one guilty secret!”
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.
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Cast
32 people
Claudette Colbert
Sister Mary Bonaventure
Known for
It Happened One Night
The Palm Beach Story
Ann Blyth
Valerie Carns
Known for
Mildred Pierce
Brute Force
Robert Douglas
Dr. Edward Jeffreys
Known for
The Flame and the Arrow
The Fountainhead
Anne Crawford
Isabel Jeffreys
Known for
Knights of the Round Table
Philip Friend
Sidney Kingham
Known for
In Which We Serve
Gladys Cooper
Mother Superior
Known for
Rebecca
My Fair Lady
Michael Pate
Willie Pentridge
Known for
Hondo
Tower of London
John Abbott
Abel Harmer
Known for
The Jungle Book
Gigi
Connie Gilchrist
Sister Josephine
Known for
A Letter to Three Wives
The Far Country
Gavin Muir
Melling
Known for
Night Tide
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Phyllis Stanley
Nurse Phillips
Also in
The Black Sleep
They Met in the Dark
Norma Varden
Pierce
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
Strangers on a Train
Douglas Sirk Director · Oscar Saul Screenplay Andrew Solt Screenplay
Budget $2.5M · United States release October 17, 1951 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$2,500,000
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 17, 1951
Theatrical
Germany
December 30, 1952 · Theatrical · Universal
Spain
December 23, 1951 · Theatrical
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