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Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt1929

★5.791 minCrimeDrama

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.

Director

Josef von Sternberg

Writer

Charles Furthman Jules Furthman Herman J. Mankiewicz

Stars

George Bancroft Fay Wray Richard Arlen

Cast16

George Bancroft
as Thunderbolt Jim Lang
Fay Wray
as Ritzy
Richard Arlen
as Bob Moran
Tully Marshall
as Warden
Eugenie Besserer
as Mrs. Moran
J
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.S. Stewart
as Convict
William L. Thorne
as Police Inspector
Theresa Harris
as Singer
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
as Bit Role
L
Louise Beavers
as Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)

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