Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt (1929)

George Bancroft making Love With the Determination of a Bull Dog! Fay Wray His Foil and Richard Arlen His Enemy

  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Release Date: 1929-06-20
  • User Rating: 5.522/10 from 23 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Josef von Sternberg
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Summary

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.

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  • George Bancroft

    as Thunderbolt Jim Lang
  • Fay Wray

    as Ritzy
  • Richard Arlen

    as Bob Moran
  • Tully Marshall

    as Warden
  • Eugenie Besserer

    as Mrs. Moran
  • James Spottswood

    as 'Snapper' O'Shea
  • Fred Kohler

    as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
  • Robert Elliott

    as Prison chaplain
  • E.H. Calvert

    as Dist. Atty. McKay
  • George Irving

    as Mr. Corwin
  • Mike Donlin

    as Kentucky Sampson
  • S.S. Stewart

    as Convict
  • William L. Thorne

    as Police Inspector
  • Theresa Harris

    as Singer
  • Madame Sul-Te-Wan

    as Bit Role
  • Louise Beavers

    as Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Directing Josef von Sternberg Director
Writing Charles Furthman Story
Writing Jules Furthman Story
Editing Helen Lewis Editor
Production B.P. Fineman Producer
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Camera Henry W. Gerrard Director of Photography
Writing Herman J. Mankiewicz Writer

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