How did Thunder Bay depart from Anthony Mann’s usual western settings?

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Thunder Bay (1953) marked a departure from Anthony Mann’s standard Wild West settings by shifting to a contemporary adventure story. Instead of the traditional frontier landscapes associated with his iconic westerns, the film is set off the coast of Louisiana.1

The plot focuses on oil drillers—played by James Stewart and Dan Duryea—whose operations spark conflict with local shrimp fishermen, moving the narrative away from the historical and geographical conventions typical of Mann’s work in the 1950s.1