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Thunderbolt (1929) A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob

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. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the executi...

Cast:
Thunderbolt: George Bancroft
Ritzie: Fay Wray
Bob Moran: Richard Arlen
The Mother: Eugenie Besserer
The Warden: Tully Marshall
Snapper O'Shea: James Spottswood
The Chaplain: Robert Elliott
'Bad Al' Frieberg: Fred Kohler
Disttrict Attorney McKay: E.H. Calvert
Mr. Corwin: George Irving
Kentucky Sampson - Prisoner #4: Mike Donlin
Prisoner #7 - Piano Player: S.S. Stewart
Police Inspector: William L. Thorne
Black Cat Musical Ensemble: Mosby's Blues Blowers
Thug in Bank at Robbery: Ernie Adams
Prisoner #8: Elmer Ballard
Black Cat Cafe Patron: Louise Beavers
Chuck - 1st Prisoner #5: Ed Brady
Black Cat Cafe Singer: Theresa Harris
Detective: Frank McLure
Shorty - 2nd Prisoner #5: Jerry Mandy
2nd Arresting Detective: Lew Meehan
Bank Officer: William H. O'Brien
1st Arresting Detective: Dick Rush
1st Prison Doctor: Rolfe Sedan
Black Cat Cafe Maitre d': Oscar Smith
Thug Who Grabs Moran: Charles Sullivan
Convict: Robert Wilber

Written by: Jules Furthman, Charles Furthman, Herman J. Mankiewicz

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Production: Paramount Pictures

Release date: 20 Jun 1929
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