1929
5.8 (28 votes)
1h 31m
Genres
Crime
Drama
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Thunderbolt
George Bancroft making Love With the Determination of a Bull Dog! Fay Wray His Foil and Richard Arlen His Enemy
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.
Key Crew
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Story: Charles Furthman, Jules Furthman
Producer: B.P. Fineman
Director of Photography: Henry W. Gerrard
Writer: Herman J. Mankiewicz
Top Cast
George Bancroft
Thunderbolt Jim Lang
Fay Wray
Ritzy
Richard Arlen
Bob Moran
Tully Marshall
Warden
Eugenie Besserer
Mrs. Moran
James Spottswood
'Snapper' O'Shea
Fred Kohler
'Bad Al' Friedberg
Robert Elliott
Prison chaplain
