
Captain Thunder
Seen it?1930 | 65 min | Western, Drama, Adventure, Music
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for adventure fans. If you loved Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid or True Grit, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 5 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1930: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Alan Crosland
- Fay WrayYnez
- Victor VarconiEl Captain Thunder
- Charles JudelsRuiz
- Natalie MoorheadBonita
- Robert ElliottMorgan
- Bert RoachPablo
- Frank CampeauHank
- Don AlvaradoJuan
- John St. PolisPedro
- Robert Emmett KeaneDon Miguel