Thunderbolt - BLU-RAY

Locked up in Sing Sing and awaiting execution, violent criminal Thunderbolt Jim Lang (George Bancroft) seethes over the knowledge that his girl Ritzy (Fay Wray) is the object of affection of bank clerk Bob Moran (Richard Arlen). He frames the innocent Moran for robbery and murder, getting him put in a nearby cell. Can Thunderbolt rub out his new fellow inmate before his own number comes up? Early noir effort also stars Tully Marshall, Eugenie Besserer, James Spottswood; Josef von Sternberg directs from a script by Herman Mankiewicz. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

Robert Mitchum (Out of the Past, The Night of the Hunter, The Longest Day, The Enemy Below) takes the wheel as Korean War veteran Lucas Doolin in the gripping noir-tinged crime drama, Thunder Road. Inspired by an original story written by Mitchum himself, Thunder Road follows Lucas as he returns from the war and is drawn into the family business distilling and running moonshine throughout the South. Along the way he'll face off with a by-the-book U.S. Treasury Agent (Gene Barry, The War of the Worlds, The 27th Day, TV's Burke's Law), a ruthless gangster (Jacques Aubuchon, The Silver Chalice) and his own conscious as he struggles with his younger brother's (played by Mitchum's son James Mitchum, Trackdown, Moonrunners, Hollywood Cop, In Harm's Way, Blackout) growing involvement in the dangerous trade. Arthur Ripley (The Chase, Voice in the Wind, Prisoner of Japan) directs and Mitchell Ryan (Grosse Pointe Blank, Liar Liar, Lethal Weapon), Keely Smith (Hey Boy! Hey Girl!), Trevor Bardette (The Monolith Monsters, The Deerslayer, The Westerner) and Sandra Knight (The Terror, Tower of London, Frankenstein's Daughter) round out the cast.

From Michael Cimino, the legendary director of The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate and Year of the Dragon comes this bold, witty and tough crime-thriller starring screen icons Clint Eastwood (A Fistful of Dollars) and Jeff Bridges (Blown Away) as a pair of modern-day outlaws. Thunderbolt (Eastwood) is a former thief whose razor-sharp wits and steely nerves made him a master of his profession, but he's about to re-enter the criminal world with a new partner Lightfoot (Bridges), a brash young drifter whose energy and exuberance give the veteran a new outlook on life. Their target the seemingly impenetrable Montana Armored Depository. After forming an uneasy alliance with Thunderbolt's former partners in crime, Red Leary (George Kennedy, Ghost Ship) and Eddie Goody (Geoffrey Lewis, High Plains Drifter), they launch an amazing scheme that will test the limits of their endurance, and the power of their friendship. Fueled by explosive action, fascinating characters and a powerfully moving climax, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is an adventure of the highest caliber and the directorial debut for Cimino, who also wrote the original screenplay. Wonderfully shot in Scope by Frank Stanley (The Eiger Sanction) and featuring a wonderful supporting cast that includes Catherine Bach (The Midnight Man), Gary Busey (Lethal Weapon), Jack Dodson (The Getaway), Burton Gilliam (Gator), Roy Jenson (Framed), Bill McKinney (The Gauntlet), Vic Tayback (Bullitt), Dub Taylor (Junior Bonner) and Gregory Walcott (Prime Cut).