| Thunderbolt | |
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| Directed by | Josef von Sternberg |
| Screenplay by | Jules Furthman Herman Mankiewicz |
| Story by | Charles Furthman Jules Furthman |
| Produced by | B. P. Fineman |
| Starring | George Bancroft Fay Wray Richard Arlen Tully Marshall Eugénie Besserer |
| Cinematography | Henry W. Gerrard |
| Edited by | Helen Lewis |
| Color process | Black and white |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.[1]
Bancroft was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[2][3]
- ^ Sarris, 1966. p. 23
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ Thunderbolt at silentera.com