Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a 1974 crime film starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 368 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (464 × 755 pixel, file size: 63 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) movie poster for the American theatrical release of the film Thundercolt and Lightfoot (1974) Source URL: http://www. ... Michael Cimino (born February 3, 1939, New York City) is an Australia film director. ... Robert Daley American Novelist Born:1930 Author of 1. ... For other uses, see Clint Eastwood (disambiguation). ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... This article is about the film studio. ... A crime film, in its most general sense, is a film that deals with crime, criminal justice and the darker side of human nature. ... For other uses, see Clint Eastwood (disambiguation). ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... This article is about the actor. ... Geoffrey Lewis (born July 31, 1935) is a popular US character actor since the early 1970s, often featured in offbeat roles. ...

Tagline

• He has exactly seven minutes to get rich quick!

Production

It was filmed in Fort Benton, Wolf Creek, and Great Falls, Montana in the summer of 1973. Jeff Bridges was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Fort Benton is a city located in Chouteau County, Montana. ... Nickname: Location of Great Falls, Montana Coordinates: , Country State County Cascade Government  - Mayor Dona Stebbins Area  - Total 19. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

According to Steven Bach's book Final Cut, the film did respectable box office business, and the studio turned a profit, but Clint Eastwood vowed never to work with the movie's distributor United Artists again due to what he felt was poor promotion of it. This article is about the film studio. ...

The script for the film was originally written on speculation by Michael Cimino. On reading it, Eastwood liked it so much that he originally intended to direct it himself. However, on meeting Cimino, he decided to give him the directing job instead, giving Cimino his big break. Cimino's work on Thunderbolt & Lightfoot led directly to his Oscar-winning The Deer Hunter (1978). Michael Cimino (born February 3, 1939, New York City) is an Australia film director. ... For other uses, see Deer Hunter. ...

External links

• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot at the Internet Movie Database
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot on MichaelCimino.Fr