Thunderbolt

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, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.

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  Josef von Sternberg

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  George Bancroft
  Thunderbolt Jim Lang
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  Fay Wray
  Ritzy
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  Richard Arlen
  Bob Moran
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  Tully Marshall
  Warden
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  Eugenie Besserer
  Mrs. Moran
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  James Spottswood
  'Snapper' O'Shea
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  Fred Kohler
  'Bad Al' Friedberg
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  Robert Elliott
  Prison chaplain
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  E.H. Calvert
  Dist. Atty. McKay
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  George Irving
  Mr. Corwin
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  Mike Donlin
  Kentucky Sampson
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  S.S. Stewart
  Convict
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  William L. Thorne
  Police Inspector
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  Theresa Harris
  Singer
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  Madame Sul-Te-Wan
  Bit Role
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  Louise Beavers
  Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)