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

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