- Thunder in the Sun
Infobox Film
name = Thunder in the Sun
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director =Russell Rouse
producer =Clarence Greene
writer =James Hill (story)Guy Trosper (story)
Russell RouseStewart Stern
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starring =Susan Hayward Jeff Chandler
music =Cyril J. Mockridge
cinematography =Stanley Cortez
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distributor =Paramount Pictures
released = 1959
runtime = 81 min.
country =U.S.A.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0053359"Thunder in the Sun" is a 1959 western
film made by Carrollton Inc andSeven Arts Productions and distributed byParamount Pictures . It was directed byRussell Rouse and produced byClarence Greene from ascreenplay by Russell Rouse andStewart Stern , based on a story byJames Hill andGuy Trosper . The music score was byCyril J. Mockridge and thecinematography byStanley Cortez .The film stars
Susan Hayward ,Jeff Chandler withJacques Bergerac ,Blanche Yurka ,Carl Esmond Fortunio Bonanova andVeda Ann Borg .Plot
The film shows a family of French Basque immigrants pioneering into the Wild West while carrying their ancestral vines.
It is infamous among Basques for its misunderstandings of Basque customs, such as the use of the
xistera (a device of thejai alai sport) as a weapon or shouting "irrintzi "ululation s as meaningful communication.External links
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