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Thunderbolt

(1929)

June 20, 1929 1h 31m
56%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Josef von Sternberg

Director

Top Billed Cast

GB

George Bancroft

Thunderbolt Jim Lang

FW

Fay Wray

Ritzy

RA

Richard Arlen

Bob Moran

TM

Tully Marshall

Warden

EB

Eugenie Besserer

Mrs. Moran

JS

James Spottswood

'Snapper' O'Shea

FK

Fred Kohler

'Bad Al' Friedberg

RE

Robert Elliott

Prison chaplain

EC

E.H. Calvert

Dist. Atty. McKay

GI

George Irving

Mr. Corwin

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