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Thunder

Name: Thunder
Director: William Nigh
Released: 1929-01-01

1929 American silent melodrama film directed by William Nigh

FilmfilmQ3793943

Released: 1929
Director: William Nigh
Producer: Hunt Stromberg
Cast: Lon Chaney
, Tom Keene
, James Murray
, Phyllis Haver
+2 more
Runtime: 86 min
Genre: drama film
, silent film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: none

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Thunder is a 1929 American synchronized sound melodrama film starring Lon Chaney and directed by William Nigh. The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems. Thunder was Chaney's penultimate film appearance and his last film without audible dialogue.

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Filming location: Chicago
Wisconsin
Title: Thunder
Color: black-and-white
Director of photography: Henry Sharp
State of transmission: lost
Film editor: Ben Lewis
Review score: 75%(January 8, 2026) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 8 critic review

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