Thunderbolt

Director: William Wyler, Josef von Sternberg William Wyler

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/20/2021
UPC:	0738329254193
Original Release:	1929
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:25:00
Sales rank:	2,129

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

George Bancroft	Thunderbolt Jim Lang
Richard Arlen	Bob Morgan
Fay Wray	Ritzy
Tully Marshall	Warden
Eugenie Besserer	Mrs. Morgan
James Spottswood	`Snapper' O'Shea
Fred Kohler	`Bad Al' Friedberg
Robert Elliott	Prison Chaplain
E.H. Calvert	District Attorney McKay
George Irving	Mr. Corwin, Bank Officer
Mike Donlin	Kentucky Sampson
S.S. Stewart	Convict
William L. Thorne	Police Inspector
King Tutankhamen	The dog

Technical Credits

B.P. Fineman	Producer
Josef von Sternberg	Director