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Walking Thunder is a 1994 film starring James Read, John Denver and David Tom and Bart the Bear, written and directed by Craig Clyde. It relates the memoirs of a young boy Jacob McKay who travels with his family on a wagon on their way to California and become stranded in the Rockies. There they learn to survive, adapt to their surroundings and make the most of what they have with the help of a mountain man, an elderly Sioux medicine man and a legendary bear known by the Native Americans as Walking Thunder. The film won a Silver Award at the Worldfest Film Festival. It was released in 1995, but was not widely distributed until 1997.
Original Release
01/01/1997
US Release
01/01/1997
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Read | Abner Murdock |
John Denver | John McKay |
David Tom | Jacob McKay |
Irene Miracle | Emma McKay |
Christopher Neame | Ansel Richter |
Ted Thin Elk | Dark Wind |
Kevin Conners | Toby McKay |
Billy Oscar | Weasel |
Don Shanks | Blood Coat |
Robert DoQui | Gun Trader |
Directors
Writers
Craig Clyde, James Hennessy, Bryce W. Fillmore
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Read | Abner Murdock |
John Denver | John McKay |
David Tom | Jacob McKay |
Irene Miracle | Emma McKay |
Christopher Neame | Ansel Richter |
Ted Thin Elk | Dark Wind |
Kevin Conners | Toby McKay |
Billy Oscar | Weasel |
Don Shanks | Blood Coat |
Robert DoQui | Gun Trader |
K.C. Clyde | Danny McKay |
David Kirk Chambers | Thomas McKay |
Carolyn Hurlburt | Anne McKay |
Dane Stevens | Angus Campbell |
Wayne Brennan | Windy Bill |
Bart the Bear | Walking Thunder |
Brian Keith | Narrator |
Joseph Kelly Lookinland | McKay 'Baby' |
Roy J. Cohoe | Dark Wind's Son |
John Aspiras | Crow Warrior |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joe Brady | Executive Producer |
Ray Tremblay | Producer |
Bryce W. Fillmore | Producer |
Troy Rohovit | Producer |