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Thunder in the City is a British film of genre Drama directed by Marion Gering released in USA on 22 april 1937 with Edward G. Robinson
Thunder in the City (1937)
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Add to a movie listThunder in the City is a 1937 British drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Edward G. Robinson, Luli Deste, Nigel Bruce and Ralph Richardson.
Synopsis
An American salesman with radically successful methods visits England ostensibly to learn a more dignified manner of salesmanship. He is mistaken for a millionaire by a cash-poor family of noble ancestry with a stately home to sell which he can't afford to buy. But by working with them instead he finds romance and equal success in business with his old marketing techniques.Actors
Edward G. Robinson
(Dan Armstrong)
Luli Deste
(Lady Patricia 'Pat' Graham)
Nigel Bruce
(Duke Of Glenavon)
Constance Collier
(Duchess Of Glenavon)
Ralph Richardson
(Henry V. Manningdale)
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