Thunderbolt
Reviewed in December 2011
Director: Josef von Sternberg. Cast: George Bancroft, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Tully Marshall, Eugenie Besserer, E.H. Calvert, James Spottswood, Fred Kohler,
Robert Elliott, George Irving, Mike Donlin, Theresa Harris. Screenplay: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Josef von Sternberg (from a screen story by Charles Furthman
and Jules Furthman).Twitter Capsule:
Lumbering prison drama from dawn of sound. Sternberg flummoxed by new tech but loves shining light through jail bars.
