Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
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Directed by: Michael Cimino
Overview
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Reviews (3)
Wuchak (Rated: 8)
A Tarantino flick two decades before they existed
A preacher (Clint Eastwood) with a past to hide is chased by a lunatic gunman (George Kennedy) in northern Montana. He inadvertently teams-up with a young scalawag (Jeff Daniels) and they concoct a mad heist with a couple of the former’s old...
r96sk (Rated: 7)
A hit-and-miss, if still probably good, 1974 film.
'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot' fails as a comedy but actually does work as a road trip/heist movie, even with a surprisingly sombre ending. To further the mixed bag feeling, I found the acting talent to be just that.
I'd say this is one ...
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
"Thunderbolt" (Clint Eastwood) makes a living posing as a priest in backwater chapels when he is rumbled by a man who knows who he really is. By pure chance, he makes good his escape by climbing into the car of a passing motorist, whom he quickly nicknames "Lightfoot" (Jeff Bridges). This younger ma...
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