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Thunder Bay (1953)

4/16/2014

 
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Johnny Gambi:
(Dan Duryea)


Steve Martin:
(James Stewart)
Can you, uh, juggle or anything like that? We might pick up a few bucks.

I can imitate a movie star.

From 1950 to 1955, James Stewart made 8 films with director Anthony Mann, five of them westerns. Everyone always talks about those westerns, and they are all undeniably wonderful, each in their own way, but the colorful adventure drama Thunder Bay usually gets overlooked whenever the Stewart/Mann collaboration is brought up, and it's a shame. Perhaps it doesn't quite hit the heights of their best films together, such as The Man From Laramie or Bend of the River, but it's an exciting, absorbing film in its own right, and deserves to be better known.

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1946, Louisiana. Ex-G.I. buddies Steve Martin (Stewart) and Johnny Gambi (Dan Duryea) have spent all their mustering out pay to gamble on a wild scheme: Steve is convinced that there's oil out in the bay, and he knows how to get it. With a mix of hucksterism and the passion of a true visionary, Steve convinces the lease holder, oil tycoon Kermit "Mac" McDonald (J.C. Flippen), to bankroll the building of an offshore oil rig. Mac, a former wildcatter with a hardscrabble background himself, senses a kindred spirit in Steve and agrees to fund the extra $1 million to complete the project, against his company's financial adviser's (Henry Morgan) and board members wish' with one condition: they have to build the derrick and strike oil before Mac's lease runs out...in three measly months away.

Getting the funds proves the least of Steve and Gambi's problems, however, as the town's shrimp fishermen, experiencing several years of bad luck and poor catches, soon come to resent the oil men's presence, starting with their dynamiting shrimp beds to test for the best location for the rig. One of the more vociferous opponents is Stella Rigaud (Joanne Dru), daughter of veteran fisherman Dominique (Antonio Moreno). Stella once left her little backwater town for life in the big city and was burned badly in a relationship with an oil man not so unlike Steve. More amenable to the pair - especially the affable, boisterous Gambi - is Stella's pretty younger sister, Francesca (Marcia Henderson). Gambi is soon in hot pursuit, enchanting Francesca and luring her away from her stolid boyfriend, Philippe (Robert Monet). Also in the mix is local tough guy and charming blowhard Teche Bossier (Gilbert Roland), who's happy enough in lean times to take the oil men's money, but changes his tune when he feels the shrimp business that is his, and the town's, heart-and-soul is threatened.

To make his dream of being the first person to strike oil offshore come true, Steve drives  Gambi and his crew of workmen hard - but he's even harder on himself, pursuing his plan with a single-minded determination that at times borders on obsession. Despite her bitterness over her past experience, Stella gradually begins to thaw towards Steve, but when a disgruntled Phillippe, reluctantly assisted by Teche, tries to blow up the rig during a big storm, Steve is incensed, convinced that Stella had something to do with it. Meanwhile, Gambi's growing more and more tired of Steve's hardcharging management style, and is on the verge of quitting. With time running out, the board's funding pulled, and nearly everyone (town and workers alike) turning against him, it seems Steve's chance of a big offshore oil strike is disappearing before his eyes...

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Antonio Moreno (left) as Dominique.
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Filmed in Technicolor, on location in Louisiana, Thunder Bay has a nice sense of place, of small town harbor life. Much of the action later in the film takes place on what seems to be a real working oil rig, giving the movie an authentic feel. It's a kick to see Jimmy Stewart and Dan Duryea changing their city slicker duds into hardhats and greasy work overalls, and they manage to pull it off, becoming convincing as oil workers (helped by a solid script by John Michael Hayes and Gil Doud). Director Mann exchanges the gunplay and life-and-death struggles found in his westerns for a more modern series of struggles that most audiences can relate to: trying to make a living in economically down times, the rewards and dangers a big, environmentally unfriendly business can bring to a small town used to living off the land, and the troubles faced by those obsessed with making a seemingly impossible dream come true. That's plenty of juicy thematic material to deal with there, but Mann still gets some crowd-pleasing action onscreen, including a brief barroom brawl, a rousing hand-to-hand fight on a storm-lashed oil rig, and several tense standoffs between Steve and crowds of angry townspeople.

Seeing the movie today, it's tempting to side with the fisherman against the interests of "big oil," but Thunder Bay positively brims with baby boomer confidence in progress and technology. The movie's main fault is that it tries to satisfy both sides at the climax, and the "Let's all get along" ending doesn't quite ring true. (On the plus side, Mann and company neatly sidestep this problem with a well-executed romantic fadeout.)


PictureJay C. Flippen as Mac.
Character-wise, this is a busy film, and at times it seems as if Gilbert Roland didn't realize he was a supporting actor and thinks the movie is all about him. He's a lot of fun as the town macho man and scalawag, Teche, who in the end proves to be a good - if egotistical - man.

With his pugnacious looks and strong presence, Jay C. Flippen, another of those terrific, often unsung character actors who enriched any movie they appeared in, makes the most of his role as the good-hearted working man's tycoon. Mann must have liked Flippen, as he used him in several other pictures he made with Stewart, including Winchester '73, Bend of the River, The Far Country and Strategic Air Command.


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Gilbert Roland (left) as Teche Bossier.
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Joanne Dru

Dan Duryea has fun with the second banana part of Johnny Gambi. He and Stewart share a great rapport together, and are both believable as old buddies who get on each other's nerves despite their mutual respect and affection. Duryea gets a lot of screen time and lights up the screen with his unique but definite charisma. (With his runty size, aggressive demeanor and raspy, querulous voice, he sometimes reminds me a little bit of a lighter-weight James Cagney). Duryea could sometimes go over the top in his conception of a character - witness his strange, off-key turn as a fey baddie in the James Stewart / Audie Murphy western, Night Passage (which Mann was supposed to direct but dropped out of after he had a falling out with Stewart - a rare occurrence in the career of the well-liked, easygoing star.)


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A veteran performer in westerns herself, Joanne Dru holds her own with her co-stars, delivering a strong performance and (along with the bright, attractive Marcia Henderson) leavening all the manly, rough-and-tumble goings-on with a steely femininity, poise and at times, bracing emotional rawness. Dru had worked for a couple other genre masters: John Ford (in two of his less-celebrated but most accomplished westerns, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Wagon Master) and Howard Hawks (in Red River). Unfortunately, Dru's big screen career lost steam in the mid 50s, after which she transitioned for a while into television work in the 60s and 70s. She's yet another in a long line of actresses who didn't quite achieve stardom despite plenty of beauty and talent.

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Speaking of emotional intensity, Thunder Bay proves another showcase for James Stewart's acting prowess. While always a winning screen presence with plenty of chops, Stewart really seemed to blossom after his experience as a bomber pilot in WWII. His post-war work features a readier, skilled access to the darker sides of his personality. You need look no further than perhaps his most famous film, It's a Wonderful Life (1946), for proof. Sure, his George Bailey has all the hallmark Jimmy Stewart "aw shucks" folksiness, humor and likeability, but many fans overlook the nasty, dark turns this holiday classic takes, and Stewart hits every one of these high and low emotional beats with precision, expertly conveying fear, passion, anguish, resentment, bitter disappointment, suicidal despair, seething anger and - that emotion so hard to portray without coming off fake or cloying - buoyant, irrepressible, shout from the rooftops joy. James Stewart had a special skill possessed by few actors - to play characters with all sorts of unpleasant traits, yet all the while keeping them recognizably human and sympathetic. Along with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Aldrich, Anthony Mann was instrumental in tapping into this dark, scary, raw underbelly of the Stewart persona, and plenty of that ill-tempered  prickliness, crazed obsession and fierce, unflinching emotional honesty can be seen in Thunder Bay's Steve Martin.        

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In case you can't tell, I absolutely adore Jimmy Stewart and think he's easily one of the best actors to ever grace the silver screen. I love his Everyman, All American looks and infectious, boyish enthusiasm, his generosity to his fellow actors, and his staple but extremely effective mannerisms - the stammer when it seems like he's bursting to get the words out, the squint with the quizzical "What's that?," the mumbles, the quiet, thoughtful asides that can quickly transform into angry, querulous high-pitched outbursts. He could do it all, play any emotion, be a convincing bastard as well as not only a believable nice guy (not hard, as by all accounts, he was one of the industry's truly good people), but  - much, MUCH harder-  an interesting nice guy. Every so often, he found himself stymied in a part (he gives one of his rare dull, unengaged performances in Bell, Book and Candle, for example) but in nearly every case, he brought a bristling energy, intelligence, charm and humanity to the table. Stewart was also canny in his decisions and frequently worked with masterful directors, but even in those films where all the elements didn't quite fall into place to result in a good film, he brought his A-game (See The FBI Story, where he pretty much single-handedly carries this episodic paean to J. Edgar Hoover and anti-Communism).

To my mind, there are only a handful of actors who starred in as many all-time, 14-carat classics as did James Stewart, from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Rear Window, Vertigo, Anatomy of a Murder, Flight of the Phoenix...really, the list goes on and on. I love all those giant, gourmet cinematic feasts, but a lesser-known, juicy burger-and-fries gem like Thunder Bay goes down just as well some days.


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DVD Note: Just to further show how overlooked of a Stewart/ Mann joint this is, Thunder Bay doesn't even warrant it's own stand-alone DVD release. Instead, it can be found in Universal's 3-disc James Stewart: Screen Legends Collection, sharing disc space with The Glenn Miller Story. The DVD contains the 1:66 matted widescreen version of the movie, which was originally shot in 1:33 but distributed to theaters in the ratio seen here. The transfer looks pretty good overall, not pristine but nicely colorful and pleasant to watch on big screen monitors.

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This post is part of The James Stewart Blogathon hosted by the Classic Film & TV Cafe. Please click here to check out all the other fine posts in this blogathon.

Rick link
4/16/2014 02:03:32 am

Jeff, having just watched WINCHESTER '73, I would love to see THUNDER BAY again. It's occasionally described as a "modern Western," but I'm not sure I see it in that light. I really the conflict between the oil men and the local fisherman, a social issue that now seems ahead of its time. As always, it's fun to watch the "Anthony Mann Repertory Players" with Stewart, Duryea, Jay C. Flippen, and Harry Morgan. I've made the same comment about the darkness of parts of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Whether it was his war experiences, maturity gained through age, or all of the above, James Stewart's post-WWII performances often carried an edge. That's apparent in the great photo you included of Stewart yelling angrily at Joanne Dru (and in the scene in WINCHESTER '73 when he has a surprise encounter with his villainous brother). While I love many of Stewart's 1930s and early 1940s performances, I don't know if that actor could have played the lead in VERTIGO, BEND OF THE RIVER, or THUNDER BAY.

Jeff
4/18/2014 12:27:06 pm

Thanks for the comments, Rick - and for putting on this great blogathon! I defintely agree that it:s a case of maturity and life experience that helped Stewart bring out those darker shades in his postwar performances...though, like you, I also really like a number of his 30s films very much indeed.

Patricia Nolan-Hall (Caftan Woman) link
4/16/2014 03:08:48 am

Bravo! Your insightful article on Jimmy Stewart's acting ability, especially as it relates to "Thunder Bay" is both thought-provoking and entertaining. Well done.

Your comments on "It's a Wonderful Life", particularly "but many fans overlook the nasty, dark turns this holiday classic takes" backs up my observation that too many people watch that movie without really watching it. It's like Holmes says to Watson, "you see, but you don't observe".

Jeff
4/18/2014 12:34:27 pm

Thank you, Caftan Woman! We're of like mind about IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE...great movie, with a wonderful happy ending, but I've always been struck by the real darkness that runs through the movie, esp. the second half. It's certainly not all "kumbayas." Not to mention that George Bailey never gets to fulfill his dream of seeing the world, poor guy.

Kevin Deany
4/16/2014 06:15:40 am

I like this one too, mainly for the cast. Stewart, Roland, Duryea...I'll watch them in anything. Having them all together is a real treat. So glad you pointed out Joanne Dru's talent. Always liked her, thought she was a terrific actress who deserved a bigger career.

I need to re-visit this one. Since I have the DVD set you mentioned, it's an easy thing to do.

Jeff
4/18/2014 12:38:00 pm

Thanks for that, Kevin! The cast is indeed terrific. I really liked Stewart and Duryea's chemistry in this, and wish they had been paired as buddies in more films...though as I mentioned, I didn't care for Duryea's performance AT ALL in the otherwise very good NIGHT PASSAGE (which, conversely, happens to feature one of Audie Murphy's best ever performances).

Colin McGuigan link
4/17/2014 04:17:34 am

What a terrific article Jeff! Aside from your comments on the film and the various performers, I particularly enjoyed your perceptive analysis of the strengths of James Stewart. I think you really struck on all the important nuances of his screen persona, and it's clear to me how much his work speaks to you. For what it's worth, I share your appreciation of this unique actor - there have been few others (if any) who have brought such naked human emotion to their work.
Mann more than anyone else brought this to the surface and his films with Stewart are powerful, searing and touching.

Again, lovely stuff Jeff. Bravo.

Jeff
4/18/2014 12:44:21 pm

Thank you, Colin, for the kind words! I know your appreciation for the Mann/Stewart westerns, so was curious about your take on this non-western collaboration. It doesn't quite match the intensity levels of something like THE MAN FROM LARAMIE, but that edge is definitely there. The work these two men did together, that edge that Mann brought out in Stewart, or encouraged him to show, really adds a modern dynamic to Stewart's performances, and is one of the key elements to why these films really stand up so well now.

Clayton link
4/17/2014 10:09:01 am

Nice! I've never really cared for this one, but I've been thinking about giving it another chance. Hehehe...I'll have to wait until I get out of the "off Dan Duryea" cycle.

Jimmy can be a hardass, and frankly, that's why I've never bought into the "Tom Hanks is the New Jimmy Stewart" thing; Jimmy could be bumbling and charming, or evil as Hell...never be another like the guy.

Jeff
4/18/2014 12:47:21 pm

Hey Clayton! I had to laugh at your reference to being on an "off Dan Duryea" cycle, as I know you remember well our viewing of NIGHT PASSAGE several years back. We both were rather appalled at Duryea's odd take on the "black hat" part. The thing is, he's so good in many other things...I just take that one instance as a fluke. 

Thanks for the comment!

Vienna link
4/17/2014 05:13:04 pm

Terrific review and pictures. Have always enjoyed Thunder Bay,
Nice, fast paced adventure. Not up there with the Mann westerns but very enjoyable.
Was always amused that my local DVD shop puts it under the Western section!

Jeff
4/18/2014 12:49:39 pm

Thank you very much, Vienna! I think we're pretty much in agreement as to the merits of this film (though, personally, I'd rather watch THUNDER BAY over WINCHESTER '73 any old time...but that's just me).

Patti link
4/18/2014 11:29:31 pm

What a great little-known film to showcase for the blogathon. I know of this film only because I own that collection you speak of. (Also included in that collection are "Next Time We Love," "You Gotta Stay Happy," "The Glenn Miller Story," and "Shenandoah.)

I quite adore Dan Duryea, so his presence in this film adds to my enjoyment of it. I think he and Jimmy were great together.

What a fantastic tribute you give to Jimmy in your description of him as Everyman and one of Hollywood's few sincerely good men. I know he would smile at such words.

I do hope your little boy is continuing to improve!

Jeff
4/19/2014 06:51:48 pm

Great to hear from you, Patti - thanks for the kind words, and for inquiring about my son, who's back home now and doing great!
That is a good DVD set, glad to see you have it as well. Have you watched either YOU GOTTA STAY HAPPY or NEXT TIME WE LOVE? I ask because I haven't watched these yet and have no idea about them. They're in the ever-growing queue. Also plan to catch a few more films featuring Dan Duryea...I especially want to get ahold of RIDE CLEAR OF DIABLO.

Patti link
4/20/2014 07:15:54 am

Jeff, I'm so glad to know that Kenji is doing so well. I don't think there is anything more agonizing as a parent than having our kids seriously ill. Besides worrying about them, it's agonizing to feel powerless and out of control.

Yes, I have watched both "You Gotta Stay Happy" and "Next Time We Love." My family loves "You Gotta Stay Happy." They especially get a kick out of this Southern newlywed couple. For me, it's an enjoyable film, but I don't lean heavily to comedy, so I don't love it like my family does.

"Next Time We Love" is one of Jimmy's collaborations with Margaret Sullavan. I've only watched it once, and I don't remember it all that well. I do recall liking it, though. (Ray Milland also stars in it.)

Ah, "Ride Clear of Diablo"...one of the films Dan Duryea did with "my" Audie. His "bad guy" laugh is near-constant in that film. Have you seen Duryea and Audie, together with Jimmy Stewart, in "Night Passage." Great film---one of the few Audie films that brings tears to my eyes.

Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) link
4/24/2014 05:14:15 pm

Great review Jeff - haven't seen this one in ages (but I;d rather watch this one than the soporific STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, easily the one real dud of the Stewart / Mann films) - must get that DVD set - thanks chum!

Jeff
4/26/2014 07:22:33 pm

Cheers, Sergio! Thanks for chiming in. I have yet to see STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND...I must say, yours is hardly a ringing endorsement for it!

Leticia link
4/26/2014 07:17:27 am

This sounds like an interesting movie, considering the partnership Stewart-Mann and how Jimmy is reunited with Dan Duryea after Winchester '73. and it's nice to know some scenes were shot in a real oil bay.
Greetings!
Le
http://www.criticaretro.blogspot.com.br/2014/04/ouro-do-ceu-pot-ogold-1941.html

Jeff
4/30/2014 07:51:38 am

Thank you for the comment, Le! Yes, it's fun to see Stewart and Duryea together again. There's a real chemistry to their personality clash.

Jeff
4/26/2014 07:24:10 pm

Patti - thank you for responding back with your thoughts on the two other Stewart films on that DVD set. YOU GOTTA STAY HAPPY sounds like a good time; will check that one out first. Really want to get ahold of a good copy of RIDE CLEAR OF DIABLO now.

R.A. Kerr link
4/27/2014 01:13:21 am

Jeff, I am SO glad you introduced me to this film. Despite some of the things you mentioned, it seems like one a Jimmy Stewart fan has to see. Plus, if Dan Duryea is in it, then it's a double Must See!

Like you, I adore Stewart and I agree completely re: his post-WWII acting ability. He definitely has an "aw shucks" demeanour, but no one can portray a man fighting dark demons quite like he can.

Jeff
4/30/2014 07:53:50 am

Hi there, Ruth! Yep, people seem to only think of Jimmy Stewart in "aw shucks" mode, but he was capable of so much more, as he showed us time and time again in his postwar films. Thanks a bunch for the comment!

JerryE
5/3/2014 04:43:01 am

Great review, Jeff! This is my first visit to your site - won't be the last!

James Stewart is in my Top 5 of actors, any genre, of all time. My wife and I were even lucky enough to see him 'live' onstage in London in "Harvey" in 1975. It was just after our honeymoon.

Few actors can excel in multiple genres the way this lovely man could. As kind of a strange coincidence, I happened to watch "THUNDER BAY" only yesterday after a gap of several years and enjoyed it all over again!

Jeff
5/3/2014 01:34:09 pm

Thanks, Jerry! Wow, how cool is that, you and your wife getting to see Stewart perform live in HARVEY. Quite a treat! I'm right there with you with Stewart's acting prowess. In my Top 3 for sure, along with John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart. Appreciate you stopping by and hope to see you around these parts again.

JerryE
5/3/2014 09:33:49 pm

You will for sure, Jeff.

Around the same time as "HARVEY" Henry Fonda was over in London appearing in "CLARENCE DARROW" and I missed it!

James Stewart is especially in my Top 4 for A-western actors. His classics with Anthony Mann are well-documented (and supported by me), but there were other fine westerns with him too, such as "NIGHT PASSAGE" - the Stewart-Mann that never was.


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