Bluff

Titre original : Thunder in the City

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.

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Anecdotes
This movie received its earliest documented U.S. telecasts July 31, 1944 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1), in Washington, D.C. Thursday, August 14, 1947 on WTTG (Channel 5), and in Los Angeles Sunday, November 2, 1947 on KTLA (Channel 5). It first aired in Chicago Sunday, September 11, 1949 on WGN (Channel 9), in Detroit Sunday, September 19, 1949 on WWJ (Channel 4), in Atlanta Wednesday, October 5, 1949 on WSB (Channel 8), in Boston Sunday 23 October 1949 on WBZ (Channel 4), and in Cincinnati Sunday, November 20, 1949 on WLW-T (Channel 4).

Citations
James: Was he the fellow that stole the mummy from the British Museum?
Sir Peter: Hmm, yes
Dolly: What did he do with the mummy?
James: It was found next day wearing a top hat occupying the front bench of the House of Lords

Bandes originales
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D
(uncredited)
Music by Edward Elgar (1901)
Played at the first sight of the Union Jack

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7/10

Enjoyable fluff.

The Atlantic Film Company only released one film--"Thunder in the City". I know nothing about this British company but was surprised to see a big star from the era, Edward G. Robinson, slumming it with a small production company instead of working with familiar old Warner Brothers. Regardless of why he agreed to this, it turned out to be an enjoyable sort of movie.

The film begins with Robinson being fired from his job. It seems his way of marketing didn't sit well with the company, as they didn't like his hard sell techniques. On a whim, he decides to travel to the UK to look up some relatives and ends up coming up with a crazy scheme to market something that he knows nothing about--a mineral called magnalite. And, he actually is able to pull it off with a nationwide crazy blitz that got the Brits abuzz about this 'miracle metal'. However, the path to riches isn't all THAT easy, as he's about to discover the hard way.

Robinson turns in a rather delightful performance as a good-hearted huckster. However, he's ably supported by a nice cast that includes Ralph Richardson and Nigel Bruce (among others). Not a brilliant film by any means but enjoyable throughout. Fluff? Perhaps...but enjoyable fluff!