Thunder in the Valley (film)

Thunder in the Valley is a 1947 American Technicolor drama film directed by Louis King and starring Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner and Edmund Gwenn. It is based on the 1898 novel Owd Bob by Alfred Ollivant, which has previously been adapted into a 1938 film of the same title. The film was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox and cost a reported $1.9 million. It was released in Britain under the alternative title Bob, Son of Battle.

Plot
A crockerty old sheepherder, Adam MacAdam, loves his prize collie dog, but little else, not even his son David. But David, with the help of a neighbor's daughter, Maggie Moore, raises his own prize dog and beats out his father in a contest.

Cast

 * Lon McCallister as David MacAdam
 * Peggy Ann Garner as Maggie Moore
 * Edmund Gwenn as Adam MacAdam
 * Reginald Owen as James Moore
 * Charles Irwin as Long Kirby
 * Leyland Hodgson as 	Ferguson
 * Norma Varden as 	Lady Eleanor
 * J. Farrell MacDonald as McPherson - Innkeeper
 * John Rogers as MacKenzie
 * Houseley Stevenson as Angus MacIvor
 * Jean Prescott as 	Mrs. Elizabeth Moore
 * David Thursby as 	Samuel Thornton
 * Edgar Norton as 	Parson Leggy Hornbut
 * James Finlayson as Court Judge
 * Al Ferguson as Bailiff
 * Mae Marsh as 	Flower Vendor
 * Douglas Gerrard as Villager

Production
Parts of the film were shot in Duck Creek, Strawberry Valley, Strawberry Point, Kanab Canyon, Navajo Lake, and Blue Springs in Utah.