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Thunder in the East is a american film of genre Drama directed by Charles Vidor released in USA on 3 february 1953 with Alan Ladd
Thunder in the East (1952)
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Add to a movie listThunder in the East is a 1952 war drama film released by Paramount Pictures, and directed by Charles Vidor, based on novel Rage of the Vulture by Alan Moorehead.
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The film is set in 1947 after India has gained its independence from Britain. Steve Gibbs (Alan Ladd), an American arms dealer, flies into a small Indian state intending to sell weapons to a local maharajah whose capital is facing an attack from a bandit army. He is opposed by the maharajah's prime minister (Charles Boyer), who is a proponent of Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence. He also falls in love with a blind woman (Deborah Kerr).Actors
Alan Ladd
(Steve Gibbs)
Deborah Kerr
(Joan Willoughby)
Charles Boyer
(Primer Minister Singh)
Corinne Calvet
(Lizette Damon)
Cecil Kellaway
(Dr. Willoughby)
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