Thunderbolt

IMDb link: 0020499
IMDb rating: 6.4 (1,072 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Film-Noir
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Tully Marshall, Fay Wray, George Bancroft, Richard Arlen, Eugenie Besserer and others

Release date: 20 Jun 1929
Release year: 1929
Runtime: 85 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: gunfire, prohibition era, jazz age, speakeasy, bootlegger, bootlegging, gang member, gang leader, song, singer

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. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.

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