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Thunder in the City
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Wikipedia article
'Thunder 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113224340/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/54380 BFI.org]
Plot
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.
Cast
*Edward G. Robinson as Daniel "Dan" Armstrong
*Luli Deste as Lady Patricia "Pat" Graham
*Nigel Bruce as Duke of Glenavon
*Constance Collier as Duchess of Glenavon
*Ralph Richardson as Henry V. Manningdale
*Arthur Wontner as Sir Peter "Pete" Challoner
*Nancy Burne as Edna, the Singer
*Annie Esmond as Lady Challoner
*Cyril Raymond as James
*Elizabeth Inglis as Dolly
*James Carew as Mr. Snyderling
*Everley Gregg as Millie, Dan's Secretary in New York
*Donald Calthrop as Dr. Plumet, the Chemist
*Billy Bray as Bill, the Pianist
Soundtrack
Main dramatic Score by Miklos Rozsa.
* "Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D" (Music by Edward Elgar, words ("Land of Hope and Glory") by Arthur C. Benson)
* Billy Bray and Nancy Burne - "She Was Poor But She Was Honest"
* "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (Traditional)
* Billy Bray and Nancy Burne - "Magnelite"
* Stockholders - "Magnelite"
* Stockholders - "Auld Lang Syne" (Scottish traditional music, lyrics by Robert Burns)
Reception
Writing for 'The Spectator' in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, labeling it "worst English film of the quarter". Greene criticized the special effects and its "complete ignorance - in spite of its national studio - of English life and behaviour". Conceding that the film is, after all, a fantasy, Greene complains regardless that "even a fantasy needs some relation to life". (reprinted in: )
References
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