Thunder in the Sun

Western drama set among the frontier wagons in which a French Basque immigrant loses her husband and falls in love with a hired scout. This romance flouts the traditions of her people which state that she should marry her husband’s brother – but the threat of ostracism is the least of her problems when the pioneers have bush fires and Indian attacks to contend with., Jeff Chandler stars in this epic western as a scout who courts the beautiful Susan Hayward while on the path to California’s wine country., Western drama, set among the frontier wagons, in which a French Basque immigrant loses her husband and falls in love with a hired scout. This romance flouts the traditions of her people which state that she should marry her husband’s brother – but the threat of ostracism is the least of her problems when the pioneers have bushfires and Indian attacks to contend with., The story of Basques who immigrate to America in 1847 and head West via wagon train., Lon Bennett (Jeff Chandler) is a wagon master hired to escort Basque immigrants through the Western wilderness to California. He lusts after Gabrielle (Susan Hayward) despite the fact she is married. The group carries a valuable cargo of grapevines in hopes of becoming winemakers. Indians plan an attack, but the Basques turn the tables on the natives in mountainous terrain.