"The Thundering Wave" was an American television play broadcast on December 12, 1957, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90.

James Mason, Franchot Tone, and Joan Bennett starred.

A separated couple are asked to perform together in a play.

The following performers received screen credit for their performances:[1][2] John Frankenheimer was the director and Robert Alan Aurthur the writer.

[2][1] It was part of the second season of Playhouse 90, an anthology television series that was voted "the greatest television series of all time" in a 1970 poll of television editors.