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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
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R,1hr 54min
Genres:
Comedy,Action,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1974
Director:
Michael Cimino
Distributor:
MGM / UA Distribution
Starring:
Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy  ...more
Synopsis: As much an eccentric character study as a road movie, Michael Cimino's directorial debut follows the adventures of a quartet of misfits in their life of crime. Retired thief Thunderbolt (Clint Eastwood) and sweet drifter Lightfoot (Jeff Bridges) meet cute when Thunderbolt jumps into Lightfoot's stolen car to escape a gunman. The pair embarks on an oddball journey to get Thunderbolt's loot from an old robbery before his former associates, the sadistic Red (George Kennedy) and cretinous Goody (Geoffrey ... Full Synopsis
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Keith Phipps, AMG Review
An uneasy but ultimately quite rewarding mixture of dramatic and comedic elements, Michael Cimino's first film as a writer/director tempers its symbolic pretensions (it's the sort of film where the ordering of "American Fries" takes on a certain resonance) with a pleasing lightness. Borrowing heavily from other late-'60s/early-'70s songs of the open road (and explicitly referencing Easy Rider and Midnight ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Clint Eastwood
John "Thunderbolt" Doherty
Jeff Bridges
Lightfoot
George Kennedy
Red Leary
Geoffrey Lewis
Goody
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