A horse named Dice out-acts the entire cast and I'm not even mad about it.
Acting
Dice the horse delivers the most believable performance.
Direction
Karlson squeezes noir tension into a Poverty Row budget.
Director
Phil Karlson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dice was a genuine Hollywood equine star who appeared in over 30 films; Thunderhoof was specifically written to showcase his stunt abilities.
This was Phil Karlson's final B-picture before breaking into A-list noir—his experimental camera angles here preview his later_signature style in films like Kansas City Confidential.
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