Rarities of British cinema
Edward G. Robinson’s rare British film: remembering 1930s fish-out-of-water drama Thunder in the City
Frustrated in his Warner Bros career, gangster movie star Edward G. Robinson came to the UK in the 1930s to play a brash marketing man visiting from across the pond. Robinson’s arrival caused much excitement in the press, but the resulting film has slipped into obscurity.
By Josephine Botting
Edward G. Robinson’s rare British film: remembering 1930s fish-out-of-water drama Thunder in the City