---
title: 'Thunder (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Nigh'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thunder-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020498/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Thunder (1929)

1929 · 86 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Nigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-nigh)
- **Producer:** [Hunt Stromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunt-stromberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henry Sharp](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-sharp)
- **Editor:** [Ben Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-lewis)

## Cast

- [Phyllis Haver](https://cinepixo.com/people/phyllis-haver)
- [James Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-murray-6)
- [Wally Albright](https://cinepixo.com/people/wally-albright)
- [Tom Keene](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-keene)
- [Lon Chaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney)
- [James Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-murray-5)

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