Thunderbolt (1929) on Blu-ray

Actor: George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall, Eugenie Besserer, James Spottswood, Robert Elliott, Fred Kohler, E.H. Calvert, George Irving
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Genre: Mystery
Year: 1929
Studio: KL Studio Classics
Length: 85 Min
Released: 7/20/2021
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: NTSC, 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

Locked up in Sing Sing and awaiting execution, violent criminal Thunderbolt Jim Lang (George Bancroft) seethes over the knowledge that his girl Ritzy (Fay Wray) is the object of affection of bank clerk Bob Moran (Richard Arlen). He frames the innocent Moran for robbery and murder, getting him put in a nearby cell. Can Thunderbolt rub out his new fellow inmate before his own number comes up? Early noir effort also stars Tully Marshall, Eugenie Besserer, James Spottswood; Josef von Sternberg directs from a script by Herman Mankiewicz.