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Thunderbolt (1929)
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
“George Bancroft making Love With the Determination of a Bull Dog! Fay Wray His Foil and Richard Arlen His Enemy”
Crime, Drama · 1h 31m
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.
Cast
George Bancroft
Thunderbolt Jim Lang
Fay Wray
Ritzy
Richard Arlen
Bob Moran
Tully Marshall
Warden
Eugenie Besserer
Mrs. Moran
J
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.S. Stewart
Convict
Crew
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Writer
- Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Director of Photography
- Henry W. Gerrard
- Editor
- Helen Lewis
- Producer
- B.P. Fineman
Details
- Release date
- 1929-06-20
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures