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Thunder in the City is a 1937 British drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Edward G. Robinson, Luli Deste, Nigel Bruce and Ralph Richardson.

SYNOPSIS
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.

An American salesman with radically successful methods visits England ostensibly to learn a more dignified manner of salesmanship. He is mistaken for a millionaire by a cash-poor family of noble ancestry with a stately home to sell which he can't afford to buy. But by working with them instead he finds romance and equal success in business with his old marketing techniques.

CAST & CREW
Edward G. Robinson as Daniel "Dan" Armstrong
Luli Deste as Lady Patricia "Pat" Graham
Nigel Bruce as Duke of Glenavon
Constance Collier as Duchess of Glenavon
Ralph Richardson as Henry V. Manningdale
Arthur Wontner as Sir Peter "Pete" Challoner
Nancy Burne as Edna, the Singer
Annie Esmond as Lady Challoner
Cyril Raymond as James
Elizabeth Inglis as Dolly
James Carew as Mr. Snyderling
Everley Gregg as Millie, Dan's Secretary in New York
Donald Calthrop as Dr. Plumet, the Chemist
Billy Bray as Bill, the Pianist

Directed by Marion Gering
Written by Robert E. Sherwood (screenplay) & Aben Kandel (screenplay) & Ákos Tolnay (screenplay), Jack E. Jewell (scenario), Dudley Storrick (additional dialogue)
Produced by Alexander Esway
Cinematography Alfred Gilks
Edited by Arthur Hilton
Music by Miklós Rózsa
Production company Atlantic Film Company
Distributed by United Artists (UK), Columbia Pictures (US)
Release dates 13 January 1937 (UK), 22 April 1937 (US)
Running time 87 minutes (US), 88 minutes (UK)
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Box office $300,000