Thunderbolt
Crime
Drama
George Bancroft making Love With the Determination of a Bull Dog! Fay Wray His Foil and Richard Arlen His Enemy
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.
1929-06-20
en
Cast
Director
Josef von Sternberg
George Bancroft as Thunderbolt Jim Lang
Fay Wray as Ritzy
Richard Arlen as Bob Moran
Tully Marshall as Warden
Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. Moran
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
William L. Thorne as Police Inspector
Theresa Harris as Singer
Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Bit Role
Louise Beavers as Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)