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

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