Thunderbolt

• Directors: Josef von Sternberg; William Wyler
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Crime Drama, Prison Film
• Themes: Criminal's Revenge, Death Row, Love Triangles
• Main Cast: George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall, Eugénie Besserer
• Release Year: 1929
• Country: US
• Run Time: 91 minutes

Plot

Thunderbolt was Josef von Sternberg's first American talking picture. George Bancroft, a von Sternberg regular (despite frequents clashes between the two men), plays a death row inmate who may be on the eve of eternity, but who has still one more murder on his mind. He plans to kill the young lover (Richard Arlen) of his former girl friend (Fay Wray); fortuitously the lover is incarcerated in the same prison where Bancroft awaits the chair. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• George Bancroft - Thunderbolt Jim Lang
• Fay Wray - Mary/ "Ritzy"
• Richard Arlen - Bob Morgan
• Tully Marshall - Warden
• Eugénie Besserer - Mrs. Morgan

James Spottswood - Snapper O'Shea; Fred Kohler - "Bad Al" Friedberg; George Irving - Mr. Corwin, Bank Officer; Mike Donlin - Kentucky Sampson; S.S. Stewart - Convict; William L. Thorne - Police Inspector; E.H. Calvert - District Attorney McKay; King Tut - The dog; Robert Elliott - Prison Chaplain

Credit

Hans Dreier - Art Director, Josef von Sternberg - Director, William Wyler - Director, Helen Lewis - Editor, Henry W. Gerrard - Cinematographer, B.F. Fineman - Producer, B.P. Fineman - Producer, Charles Furthman - Screen Story, Jules Furthman - Screen Story, Jules Furthman - Screenwriter, Herman Mankiewicz - Screenwriter

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