A pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815.A pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815.A pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815.
Charles B. Fitzsimons
- Dan Shanley
- (as Charles FitzSimons)
Kenneth MacDonald
- Desmond (High Steward)
- (as Kenneth Mac Donald)
J.G. Devlin
- Tuer O'Brien
- (as James Devlin)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaInspired Michael Cimino to write Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk (1979)
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
This is not really a drama;this is not a story of sound and fury either. Sirk's swashbuckler is a bit tongue-in -cheek .He often makes a fool of his hero (Rock Hudson ,his favourite actor ,he will be featured in many other Sirk works including the stunning "magnificent obsession" and "written on the wind" ): he tries to help captain Thunderbolt to escape and ends up himself in prison;on the roof he unintentionally rings the bell.Barbara Rush (another Sirk's favourite:she will team up with Hudson again in " Taza" and "obsession")gets a good whacking.The political side remains vague and neither the Irish nor the English seem to take it seriously although it's not really a comedy.But the main interest is the splendid cinematography ,the marvelous landscapes :the scene when Lightfoot and Regis try to escape and end up in the river is masterfully filmed.There's something nonchalant ,which makes "captain Lightfoot" a distant cousin of "a scandal in Paris" (1946) in Sirk's filmography.
That said,it's entertaining but I do not think that it ranks with the director's best films.
That said,it's entertaining but I do not think that it ranks with the director's best films.
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- dbdumonteil
- Apr 13, 2009
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,300,000
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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