Editing Thunderbolt (1929 film) (section)

==Plot==
[[File:Thunderbolt (1929).webm|thumb|thumbtime=15|''Thunderbolt'' (1929)]]
[[File:Thunderbolt (1929 film). Directed by Josef von Sternberg, Paramount Pictures. L to R, Fay Wray, George Bancroft.jpg|thumb|left|Thunderbolt (1929). L to R: Fay Wray, George Bancroft]]
Thunderbolt Jim Lang ([[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]]), wanted on robbery and murder charges, ventures out with his girl, "Ritzy" ([[Fay Wray]]), to a Harlem nightclub, where she informs him that she is going straight. During a raid on the club, Thunderbolt escapes. His gang shadows Ritzy and reports that she is living with Mrs. Moran ([[Eugenie Besserer]]), whose son, Bob ([[Richard Arlen]]), a bank clerk, is in love with Ritzy. Fearing for Bob's safety, Ritzy engineers a police trap for Thunderbolt; he escapes but is later captured, tried, and sentenced to be executed at Sing Sing. From the death house, he successfully plots to frame Bob in a bank robbery and killing. Bob is placed in the facing cell, and guards frustrate Thunderbolt's attempts to get to his rival. When Ritzy marries Bob in the death house, Thunderbolt confesses his part in Bob's conviction. He plots to kill the boy on the night of his execution, but instead at the last minute his hand falls on Bob's shoulder in a gesture of friendship.