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Phantom Thunderbolt (1933)

1933 · Feature film · 54 min · dir. Alan James

  • Western

Synopsis

Red Mathews and his gang are out to stop the railroad from coming to Coyote Gulch. When gunslinger Thunderbolt arrives in town, Banker Wingate tries to get him to take the job of kicking the gang out of town. Attracted to Judy Lane he accepts. He Succeeds once but is then captured just as the gang rides to town to break up the ceremony honoring the railroad president.

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Details

Director
Alan James
Writer
Forrest Sheldon
Cinematography
Jackson Rose
Studio
K.B.S. Productions Inc.
Released
1933-03-04
Running time
54 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · Good · justywusty87 · 2010-08-17

Great movie, Thanks for reviews, I liked watching it.

★★ · Ken Maynard - Phantom Western · Poohbah70 · 2019-12-14

One of the silliest westerns I have ever seen. Ken Maynard plays a moron who pretends to be a tough guy so people will leave him alone. After his partner Frank Rice tells the town folk "The Phantom Thunderbolt" is a terror, he rides into town guns ablazing. He goes to the cafe where the love-at-first-sight pretty owner, Frances Lee, tells him the place is closed and he immediately goes into his polite, tongue-tied, flustered in the presence of a pretty woman routine. When a bad guy enters and demands food, Maynard gets into a fight with him and wrecks the place - all the dishes, most of the…

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