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The Thunderbolt (1919)
60 min | Drama

The Thunderbolt (1919)

60 min | Drama

New York broker Bruce Corbin comes to Kentucky to force Allan Pomeroy, whom Bruce can prove is a forger, to give him his daughter Ruth in marriage. Even though she loves Spencer Vail, Ruth agrees, and despite Pomeroy's death, they wed. ...See moreNew York broker Bruce Corbin comes to Kentucky to force Allan Pomeroy, whom Bruce can prove is a forger, to give him his daughter Ruth in marriage. Even though she loves Spencer Vail, Ruth agrees, and despite Pomeroy's death, they wed. Ruth soon discovers that Bruce, to avenge his father's death in a feud with the Pomeroys, married her so that she would be childless, thus ending the Pomeroy family. Because Bruce was born during a thunderstorm, he temporarily goes insane whenever he hears a thunderbolt and forgets his actions while affected. Knowing this, Ruth seduces him during a storm, the night before he is to leave for a year. Later, when Bruce sees Ruth's child, he starts to choke it, believing it to be Vail's, but Ruth stops him by telling him of the stormy night. After four years in a distant marriage pass, Bruce loses his fortune because of another thunderbolt. Ruth leaves, but later they are reconciled because of the child. Written by AFI See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Katherine MacDonald Ruth Pomeroy Ruth Pomeroy See fewer	The Beauty Market (1919)
Spottiswoode Aitken Allan Pomeroy Allan Pomeroy See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Thomas Meighan Bruce Corbin Bruce Corbin See fewer	The Racket (1928)
Forrest Stanley Spencer Vail Spencer Vail See fewer	Beauty's Worth (1922)
Adda Gleason Bruce Corbin's Mother Bruce Corbin's Mother See fewer	The Sacred Bracelet (1915)
Pomeroy Cannon Tom Pomeroy's Son Tom Pomeroy's Son See fewer	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Mrs. L.C. Harris Mammy Cleo Mammy Cleo See fewer	A Mother's Secret (1918)
Jim Blackwell The Butler The Butler See fewer	Love's Wilderness (1924)
Robert Laidlaw The Lawyer The Lawyer See fewer	The Thunderbolt (1919)
B. Reeves Eason Jr. Son of Ruth and Bruce (as Master Breezy Reeves Jr.) Son of Ruth and Bruce (as Master Breezy Reeves Jr.) See fewer	The Big Adventure (1921)
James Gordon Actor Actor See fewer	The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Antrim Short Actor Actor See fewer	Tom Sawyer (1917)