Captain Thunder
4.6
“The greatest character since Robin Hood. The story of a reckless Rio Grande bandit who never broke his word.”
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.
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Cast
15 people
Fay Wray
Ynez
Known for
King Kong
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Victor Varconi
El Captain Thunder
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Charles Judels
Ruiz
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Natalie Moorhead
Bonita
Known for
The Thin Man
Robert Elliott
Morgan
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
The Roaring Twenties
Bert Roach
Pablo
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The Crowd
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Frank Campeau
Hank
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3 Bad Men
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Don Alvarado
Juan
Known for
The Big Steal
The Devil Is a Woman
John St. Polis
Pedro
Known for
The Phantom of the Opera
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Robert Emmett Keane
Don Miguel
Known for
Boys Town
The Devil and Miss Jones
Frankie Genardi
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Also in
Liliom
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Soledad Jiménez
Señora Ruiz
Known for
Kid Galahad
Alan Crosland Director · Gordon Rigby Screenplay Pierre Couderc Author
United States release December 27, 1930 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
The Vitaphone Corporation
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 27, 1930
Theatrical
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