THUNDER ON THE HILL
(Universal-International) ‘THE setting of Thunder on the Hill * (which is a film version of the stage play Bonaventure, by Charlotte Hastings) is a convent hospital in. Norfolk, and as the story opens rustic villagers and wayfarers (some with accents suggestive of the wartime days of occu-
pation) are crowding into the convent to escape flood waters sweeping across the flat lands. Among the arrivals is a young © woman (Ann Blyth) who is being conveyed under guard to Norwich where she is to be hanged for murder. Oddly enough, quite a number of other people who were involved in the case are also sheltering in the convent, and fortunately the floods keep the small community isolated just long enough for the hospital matron, Sister Mary Bonaventure (Claudette Colbert) to justify her intuition about the girl's innocence and discover the real murderer. I found this an untidy production. Scripting is care- *’ less, characterisations are weak, and the story has as many loose ends as a haystack. But if you like being bamboozled it may serve.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19520328.2.40.1.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 664, 28 March 1952, Page 19
Word count
Tapeke kupu
177THUNDER ON THE HILL New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 664, 28 March 1952, Page 19
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in