
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.

George Bancroft
Thunderbolt Jim Lang

Fay Wray
Ritzy

Richard Arlen
Bob Moran

Tully Marshall
Warden

Eugenie Besserer
Mrs. Moran
James Spottswood
'Snapper' O'Shea

Fred Kohler
'Bad Al' Friedberg

Robert Elliott
Prison chaplain

E.H. Calvert
Dist. Atty. McKay

George Irving
Mr. Corwin

Mike Donlin
Kentucky Sampson
S.S. Stewart
Convict

Black Crown
Black Crown

Strangers on a Train
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The Maltese Falcon

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Sweet Smell of Success

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Gilda

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The Thin Man

The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai