Thunderbolt (1929)
1h 25m
Running Time
June 20, 1929Release Date
Thunderbolt (1929)
1h 25m
Running Time
June 20, 1929Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
George Bancroft
Thunderbolt
Fay Wray
Ritzie
Richard Arlen
Bob Moran
Tully Marshall
Warden
Eugenie Besserer
The Mother
Josef von Sternberg
Director
James Spottswood
'Snapper' O'Shea
Jules Furthman
Writer
Fred Kohler
'Bad Al' Friedberg
Charles Furthman
Writer
Robert Elliott
Prison chaplain
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer
E.H. Calvert
Dist. Atty. McKay
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer
George Irving
Mr. Corwin
B.P. Fineman
Producer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Thunderbolt (also released as At The Gates of Death) is a 1929 American pre-Code proto-noir film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall and Eugenie Besserer. It tells the story of a criminal, facing execution, who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his former girlfriend.
The film was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz (titles) and Josef von Sternberg from the story by Jules and Charles Furthman.Bancroft was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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