Thunderhoof | |
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Directed by | Phil Karlson |
Screenplay by | Harold Jacob Smith Kenneth Gamet |
Based on | White Silence story in The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North by Jack London |
Produced by | Ted Richmond |
Starring | Preston Foster Mary Stuart William Bishop |
Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Thunderhoof is a 1948 American Western film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Preston Foster, Mary Stuart and William Bishop. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Holscher.
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