Captain Thunder (1930)
The greatest character since Robin Hood. The story of a reckless Rio Grande bandit who never broke his word.
65 min
A notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. Warner Bros.' Captain Thunder contains some of the darndest Mexican accents you've ever heard in your life. The star is Hungarian-born Victor Varconi, portraying a legendary south of the border outlaw who tries to force Canadian senorita Fay Wray to marry a rival rustler whom she despises. She pleads with the bandito so pathetically that he is moved to grant her a single wish. Without hesitation she chooses her poor but true love. The bandit king, being a somewhat honorable fellow grants the wish and without a twitch, guns down the wicked cattle thief. Fortunately the film was played for comedy, a wise decision since it probably would have garnered laughs as a straight drama anyway.
- Release date
- December 27, 1930
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Fay Wray as Ynez Dominguez
- Victor Varconi as El Capitan Thunder
- Charles Judels as Commandante Ruiz
- Robert Elliott as Pete Morgan
- Bert Roach as Pablo
- Frank Campeau as Hank Riley
- Don Alvarado as Juan Sebastian
- John St. Polis as Pedro Dominguez
- Natalie Moorhead as Bonita Salazar
- Robert Emmett Keane as Don Miguel Salazar
Crew
- Alan Crosland · Director
- Pierre Couderc · Writer
- Hal Davitt · Writer
- Gordon Rigby · Writer
- Billy K. Wells · Writer
- James Van Trees · Cinematographer
- Arthur Hilton · Editor