大学時代、ボート部の仲間として固い友情で結ばれていた7人の仲間たち。藤木貴子（鈴木保奈美）、高月健吾（唐沢寿明）、神野時男（江口洋介）、飯森則子（洞口依子）、塚原純（石橋保）、斉藤尚美（中島宏海）、倉田篤（中野英雄）。卒業から3年、就職せずに渡米した時男を除いて、社会人としての道を歩んでいた彼らは、恩師の葬式で久しぶりに再会する。皆、充実した日々を送っているかのように振る舞うが、実はそれぞれ悩みを抱えていた。自分の夢や大切なものを失いかけていた彼らは、時男の出現で変わらぬ友情を確かめ合うが・・・・・・。
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Boiling Oil. Thunder Bay is directed by Anthony Mann and written by Gil Doud and George W. George. It stars James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Dan Duryea, Gilbert Roland and Jay C. Flippen. Music is by Frank Skinner and cinematography by William H. Daniels. Offshore oil drillers set up base at Port Felicity, Louisiana and find the town’s shrimpers are not at all happy about this threat to their livelihood. Conflict and affairs of the heart do follow. One of the eight films that James Stewart and Anthony Mann made together, Thunder Bay was relevant in topicality upon its release, and remains so today. Whilst lacking the psychological smarts that the duo’s Western productions had, it’s a handsome production with the expected qualities in front of and behind the cameras. There’s a lot of talky passages, which given the subject matter pulsing away at the core is understandable, but Mann ensures that action and suspense is never far away. It all builds to a crescendo, with loose ends and quibbles conveniently tied up in a Hollywood bow, but such is the skills of actors and director it rounds out as good and thorough entertainment. 7/10
