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Captain Thunder (1930)

Directed by Alan Crosland

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Overview

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.

Length 65 minutes

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