Thundering Frontier
6.7
“A landslide of lightning adventure!”
After a handful of non-formula westerns, Charles Starrett returned to the mixture as before in Thundering Frontier. Starrett plays Jim Fillmore, kind to old ladies, small animals and heroine Norma Belknap (Iris Meredith). In contrast, the villains are kind to no one, least of all struggling building contractor Square Deal Scottie (Alex Callam), whose projects are continually targeted for demolition and his payroll is forever being stolen at gunpoint. A good 25 percent of the film's running time is given over to Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers, whose C&W croonings are pleasant but a bit much. One of the film's few surprises is that Starrett's perennial screen sparring partner Dick Curtis isn't one of the bad guys.
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Charles Starrett
Jim Filmore
Known for
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Iris Meredith
Norma Belknap
Also in
The Green Archer
A Lawman Is Born
Paul Franklin
D. Ross Lederman
Leon Barsha
Ray Bennett
Ed Filmore
Known for
The Spoilers
Dark Command
Alex Callam
Square Deal Scottie
Also in
The Invisible Killer
The Miracle Kid
Carl Stockdale
Andrew Belknap
Known for
The Bank
The Champion
Fred Burns
Hank Loomis
Also in
How States Are Made
Martyrs of the Alamo
Bob Nolan
Bob
Also in
Sunset Serenade
Man from Music Mountain
John Tyrrell
Bartender Mac
Also in
The Face Behind the Mask
A Plumbing We Will Go
Francis Walker
Henchman Stub
Also in
The Man from Tumbleweeds
The Durango Kid
D. Ross Lederman Director · Paul Franklin Writer
United States release December 5, 1940 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 5, 1940
Theatrical
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