With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.

Clint Eastwood
as Thunderbolt

Jeff Bridges
as Lightfoot

George Kennedy
as Red Leary

Geoffrey Lewis
as Eddie Goody

Catherine Bach
as Melody

Gary Busey
as Curly

Roy Jenson
as Dunlop

Burton Gilliam
as Welder

Claudia Lennear
as Secretary

Bill McKinney
as Crazy Driver
Wuchak
***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
A hit-and-miss, if still probably good, 1974 film. <em>'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'</em> 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
"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...