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Thunderbolt (1929)

1h 25m

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Thunderbolt (1929)

Name: Thunderbolt
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1929-06-20

1h 25m

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June 20, 1929
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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.

Drama Crime

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noir ·

pre-code

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Details.

Release Date
June 20, 1929

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 25m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Drama Crime

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.