Thunder Mountain

Oct 11, 1925

1h 20m

★ 0.0

A DRAMA OF LOVE IN THE HILLS OF HATE

Overview

Sam Martin grows up in the Kentucky hills with a preacher as his closest friend and father figure. The young man goes away and gets an education, and when he returns home, he wants to build a school so that others can learn, too.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Azalea

Madge Bellamy

Sam Martin

Leslie Fenton

Preacher

Alec B. Francis

Morgan

Paul Panzer

Joe Givens

Arthur Housman

Mandy Coulter

Zasu Pitts

Ma MacBirney

Emily Fitzroy

Pa MacBirney

Dan Mason

Jeff Coulter

Otis Harlan

Si Pace

Russell Simpson

Mrs. Coulter

Natalie Warfield

Baby (uncredited)

Carmencita Johnson

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