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

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