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Thunder at the Border

Thunder at the Border

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Thunder at the Border

"A Thunder-Clap of Screen Excitement!"

1966

1h 38m

5.8(65 votes)

Adventure

Western

Action

Overview

Firehand and his Apache friend Winnetou are determined to get justice for the murder of four young braves. They set off to track down the gang responsible for the horrendous act.

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Jadran Film

Rialto Film

Bavaria Film

Columbia Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Rod Cameron

Rod Cameron

Old Firehand

Pierre Brice

Pierre Brice

Winnetou

Marie Versini

Marie Versini

Nscho-tschi

Todd Armstrong

Todd Armstrong

Tom

Harald Leipnitz

Harald Leipnitz

Sillers

Viktor de Kowa

Viktor de Kowa

Robert Ravenhurst

Rik Battaglia

Rik Battaglia

Captain Mendoza

Jörg Marquardt

Jace Mercier

Nadia Gray

Nadia Gray

Michele Mercier

Walter Wilz

Walter Wilz

Billy Bob Silers

Creative team

Directed by: Alfred Vohrer
Written by: Harald G. Petersson
David DeReszke
Produced by: Horst Wendlandt
Erwin Gitt

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