

Captain Thunder
1930 Directed by Alan CroslandA 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.

Fay Wray
....................................................Ynez

Victor Varconi
....................................................El Captain Thunder

Charles Judels
....................................................Ruiz

Natalie Moorhead
....................................................Bonita

Robert Elliott
....................................................Morgan

Bert Roach
....................................................Pablo

Frank Campeau
....................................................Hank
Director
...........................................................Alan Crosland
Dialogue
...........................................................William K. Wells
Director of Photography
...........................................................James Van Trees
Author
...........................................................Hal Davitt
Pierre Couderc
Music
...........................................................Xavier Cugat
Screenplay
...........................................................Gordon Rigby
Production Companies
...................................................The Vitaphone Corporation
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Western
Drama
Adventure
Music
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