Thunderbolt (1929)
With George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall, Eugenie Besserer, George Irving, Theresa Harris
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
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.
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