Captain Thunder
The greatest character since Robin Hood. The story of a reckless Rio Grande bandit who never broke his word.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Western
- Music
Overview
A notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. Warner Bros.' Captain Thunder contains some of the darndest Mexican accents you've ever heard in your life. The star is Hungarian-born Victor Varconi, portraying a legendary south of the border outlaw who tries to force Canadian senorita Fay Wray to marry a rival rustler whom she despises. She pleads with the bandito so pathetically that he is moved to grant her a single wish. Without hesitation she chooses her poor but true love. The bandit king, being a somewhat honorable fellow grants the wish and without a twitch, guns down the wicked cattle thief. Fortunately the film was played for comedy, a wise decision since it probably would have garnered laughs as a straight drama anyway.
Keywords
- mexico
- outlaw
- bandit
- pre-code
- bad guy
- rustlers
- senorita
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 27, 1930
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Robert Elliott,Bert Roach,Fay Wray,Nick De Ruiz,Natalie Moorhead,Frankie Genardi,Soledad Jiménez,Frank Campeau,Frank Lackteen,Don Alvaradoand 5 more
- Director
- Alan Crosland
- Cinematography
- James Van Trees
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0020740