Operation Thunder (film)

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Operation Thunder
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Directed byGérard Sandoz
Written byGuy de Bourge
Jean-Charles Reynaud
Gérard Sandoz
Produced byAndré Roy
Starring Blanchette Brunoy
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Howard Vernon
Cinematography Pierre Dolley
Edited by Gabriel Rongier
Music by Marcel Landowski
Production
company
Roy Films
Distributed byCiné Sélection
Release date
November 1954
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Operation Thunder (French: Opération tonnerre) is a 1954 French spy thriller film directed by Gérard Sandoz and starring Blanchette Brunoy, Jean-Pierre Kérien and Howard Vernon. [1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.

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Synopsis

While military manoeuvres are taking place in a small town in Provence, foreign spies attempt to steal important secret documents.

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  1. Rège p.1351
  2. Dicale p.86

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