Thunderbolt (1929 film)

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American film crime drama film film pre-Code film sound film

Thunderbolt (1929 film) is a 1929 American pre-Code crime drama directed by Josef von Sternberg, notable as an early sound film featuring George Bancroft as a condemned gangster.

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
pre-Code film ⓘ
sound film ⓘ
basedOn story by Charles Furthman ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy George Bancroft ⓘ
cinematographyBy Henry W. Gerrard NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Josef von Sternberg ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Helen Lewis ⓘ
featuresCharacter Thunderbolt Jim Lang ⓘ
filmProductionType studio film ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasFilmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
hasSetting prison ⓘ
hasTheme crime ⓘ
punishment ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
romantic rivalry ⓘ
notableFor George Bancroft performance as condemned gangster ⓘ
early sound film directed by Josef von Sternberg ⓘ
early use of synchronized sound ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf early sound era of Hollywood cinema ⓘ
producer Josef von Sternberg ⓘ
productionCompany Famous Players–Lasky Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
releaseDate 1929-07-20 (approximate U.S. release) ⓘ
releaseYear 1929 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 92 ⓘ
screenwriter Charles Furthman ⓘ
Jules Furthman ⓘ
setInPeriod contemporary to time of production ⓘ
starring Eugenie Besserer ⓘ
Fay Wray ⓘ
Fred Kohler ⓘ
George Bancroft ⓘ
George E. Stone ⓘ
James Spottswood ⓘ
Richard Arlen ⓘ
Robert Emmett O’Connor ⓘ
Tully Marshall ⓘ

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