Thunderbolt (1929)
George Bancroft making Love With the Determination of a Bull Dog! Fay Wray His Foil and Richard Arlen His Enemy
85 min
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.
- Release date
- June 20, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- George Bancroft as Thunderbolt
- Fay Wray as Ritzie
- Richard Arlen as Bob Moran
- Eugenie Besserer as The Mother
- Tully Marshall as The Warden
- James Spottswood as Snapper O'Shea
- Robert Elliott as The Chaplain
- Fred Kohler as 'Bad Al' Frieberg
- E.H. Calvert as Disttrict Attorney McKay
- George Irving as Mr. Corwin
Crew
- Josef von Sternberg · Director
- Jules Furthman · Writer
- Charles Furthman · Writer
- Herman J. Mankiewicz · Writer
- Josef von Sternberg · Writer
- B.P. Fineman · Producer
- Henry W. Gerrard · Cinematographer
- Helen Lewis · Editor