Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a 1974 American crime film written and directed by Michael Cimino and starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis. As a young ne'er-do-well named Lightfoot steals a car, an assassin attempts to shoot a minister delivering a sermon at his pulpit. The preacher escapes on foot. Lightfoot, who happens to be driving by, inadvertently rescues him by running over his pursuer and giving the preacher a lift. Lightfoot eventually learns that the "minister" is really a notorious bank robber known as "The Thunderbolt" for his use of a 20... millimeter cannon to break into a safe. Hiding out in the guise of a clergyman following the robbery of a Montana bank, Thunderbolt is the only member of his old gang who knows where the loot is hidden. After escaping another attempt on his life by two other men, Thunderbolt tells Lightfoot that the ones trying to kill him are members of his gang who mistakenly thought Thunderbolt had double-crossed them. He and Lightfoot journey to Warsaw, Montana to retrieve the money hidden in an old one-room schoolhouse.
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| Release date: | 1974 |
| Directed by: | Michael Cimino |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 116 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Daley |
| Editor: | Ferris Webster |
| Music by: | Dee Barton |
| Cinematography: | Frank Stanley |
| Estimated budget: | $4,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |