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Thunderbolt (1929)
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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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Crime, Drama
Written By:Herman J. Mankiewicz
In Theaters:6/20/1929
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Runtime:91 minutes
Studio:Paramount Pictures
Cast
Josef von Sternberg
Director
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
E.H. Calvert
Dist. Atty. McKay
George Irving
Mr. Corwin
Mike Donlin
Kentucky Sampson
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