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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... See more »
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Thunderbolt
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Ritzie
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Bob Moran
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The Mother
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The Warden
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Snapper O'Shea
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The Chaplain
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'Bad Al' Frieberg
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Disttrict Attorney McKay
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Mr. Corwin
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Kentucky Sampson - Prisoner #4
S.S. Stewart ...
Prisoner #7 - Piano Player
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Police Inspector
Mosby's Blues Blowers ...
Black Cat Musical Ensemble
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Thug in Bank at Robbery (uncredited)
Elmer Ballard ...
Prisoner #8 (uncredited)
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Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)
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Chuck - 1st Prisoner #5 (uncredited)
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Black Cat Cafe Singer (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
Jerry Mandy ...
Shorty - 2nd Prisoner #5 (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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2nd Arresting Detective (uncredited)
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Bank Officer (uncredited)
Dick Rush ...
1st Arresting Detective (uncredited)
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1st Prison Doctor (uncredited)
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Black Cat Cafe Maitre d' (uncredited)
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Thug Who Grabs Moran (uncredited)
Robert Wilber ...
Convict (uncredited)

Directed by

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Josef von Sternberg

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Jules Furthman ... (story) and
Charles Furthman ... (story)
 
Herman J. Mankiewicz ... (adaptation) and
Josef von Sternberg ... (adaptation)
 
Joseph L. Mankiewicz ... (titles)

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B.P. Fineman ... producer

Cinematography by

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Henry W. Gerrard

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Helen Lewis

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Hans Dreier

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Travis Banton ... (uncredited)

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M.M. Paggi ... sound recording engineer

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Karl Hajos ... composer: title music (uncredited)

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Jesse L. Lasky ... presenter
Adolph Zukor ... presenter

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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. Written by Jim Beaver

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Taglines George Bancroft making Love With the Determination of a Bull Dog! Fay Wray His Foil and Richard Arlen His Enemy (Print Ad-The Journal and Republican, ((Lowville, NY)) 1 August 1929) See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'assommeur (France)
  • La rafle (France)
  • Sie nannten ihn Thunderbolt (Germany)
  • De doodslager (Belgium, Flemish title)
  • U wrót śmierci (Poland)
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Trivia One of the earliest of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since. However, because of its extreme age, and primitive sound recording techniques, there is no record of it ever having been locally televised. On cable TV it received what may have been its first and only telecast on Turner Classic Movies in August 2016. See more »
Soundtracks Thinkin' About My Baby See more »
Quotes Warden: Listen Doc, you just gotta see that this man lives. Do something. I've got to execute him tonight.
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