Thunderbolt (1929)
George Bancroft making Love With the Determination of a Bull Dog! Fay Wray His Foil and Richard Arlen His Enemy
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.
- Date of release
- 1929-06-20
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (33)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
Casting
- George Bancroft — Thunderbolt Jim Lang
- Fay Wray — Ritzy
- Richard Arlen — Bob Moran
- Tully Marshall — Warden
- Eugenie Besserer — Mrs. Moran
- James Spottswood — 'Snapper' O'Shea
- Fred Kohler — 'Bad Al' Friedberg
- Robert Elliott — Prison chaplain
- E.H. Calvert — Dist. Atty. McKay
- George Irving — Mr. Corwin
- Mike Donlin — Kentucky Sampson
- S.S. Stewart — Convict
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