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Captain Thunder
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4.4A 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.
Cast
- Fay Wray as Ynez
- Victor Varconi as El Captain Thunder
- Charles Judels as Ruiz
- Natalie Moorhead as Bonita
- Robert Elliott as Morgan
- Bert Roach as Pablo
Themes
- mexico
- outlaw
- bandit
- pre-code
- rustlers
- senorita
- bad guy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Alan Crosland
- Composer
- Xavier Cugat
- Cinematographer
- James Van Trees
- Narrative location
- Mexico
- Image
- Captain Thunder photo 2.jpg
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- publication date
- 1930-01-01
- Commons category
- Captain Thunder
- title
- Captain Thunder
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
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