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[[Image:ThunderBolt.jpg|thumb|210px|right|Poster for the film.]]
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'''''Thunderbolt''''' is a [[1929]] [[film noir]] which tells the story of a criminal, facing execution, who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his girlfriend. It stars [[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]], [[Fay Wray]], [[Richard Arlen]], [[Tully Marshall]] and [[Eugenie Besserer]].
'''''Thunderbolt''''' is a [[1929]] [[film noir]] which tells the story of a criminal, facing execution, who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his girlfriend. It stars [[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]], [[Fay Wray]], [[Richard Arlen]], [[Tully Marshall]] and [[Eugenie Besserer]].

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Poster for the film.

Thunderbolt is a 1929 film noir which tells the story of a criminal, facing execution, who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his girlfriend. It stars George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall and Eugenie Besserer.

The movie was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz (titles) and Josef von Sternberg from the story by Charles Furthman and Jules Furthman. It was directed by von Sternberg.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (George Bancroft).