Release Date

27 Dec, 1930

Runtime

01:05: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Captain Thunder

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Actors

Fay Wray

Victor Varconi

Charles Judels

Natalie Moorhead

Robert Elliott

Bert Roach

Frank Campeau

Don Alvarado

John St. Polis

Robert Emmett Keane

Frankie Genardi

Soledad Jiménez

Frank Lackteen

Harry Semels

Nick De Ruiz

Crew

Alan Crosland

Gordon Rigby

Pierre Couderc

Hal Davitt

William K. Wells

James Van Trees

Xavier Cugat

David Mendoza

Leon Rosebrook