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Thunder Rock (1942)

Thunder Rock (1942)

Drama Fantasy War

Strange Emotion Stir the Pulse...when LOVE and PASSION clash in the world's loneliest outpost!

Release Date: 1942, December 4
Directors: Roy Boulting
Countries: United States of America
Production: Charter Film Productions
Cast: Finlay Currie, George Spence, Tommy Duggan, James Mason, Milo Sperber, Gerard Heinz, A.E. Matthews, Frederick Valk, Michael Redgrave, Miles Malleson, Barry Morse, Lilli Palmer

Overview:

David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.

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lighthouse lighthouse keeper lake michigan