Thunder Mountain (1935): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1935, Thunder Mountain is a western film directed by David Howard, running about 68 minutes. “A new story of the Old West - fresh from the pen of your favorite author - and the star who always thrills you...playing his greatest role!” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Gold mining cowboy western romantic melodrama (based on the story by Zane Grey) about a pair of cowboys who find a gold mine in "Thunder Mountain", but have no money to develop it. One of the cowboys rescues a girl on a stagecoach and her grateful father agrees to finance them. Along the way, she pretends to fall in love with one of the cowboys. Thinking he is about to be very rich, he sets out, but upon arrival, he finds that a bad man has stolen the claim and started a town. There, everyone turns on him, including the girl, but luckily, another pretty girl, a barmaid (who is secretly in love with him), sticks by him, and he ends up in a climactic shootout on the mountain where the gold is stashed.

Who’s in it. Thunder Mountain stars George O’Brien as Kal Emerson, Barbara Fritchie as Sydney Blair, Frances Grant as Nugget and Morgan Wallace as Rand Leavitt, among others.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Thunder Mountain page.

If you liked it. Fans of Thunder Mountain tend to enjoy The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Django Unchained, Once Upon a Time in the West and For a Few Dollars More.