1974 - THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT, a good road film

 Probably Michael Cimino's best film.  It's certainly one of his more restrained films without the elephantiasis that set it on his later films.  Cimino wrote the screenplay and at one point Clint Eastwood was going to direct the film.  Instead Eastwood let Cimino direct but closely supervised Cimino to keep him on schedule and under budget.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was shot on location at some very impressive Big Sky locations.This film is known as a "road' picture, the characters are pretty much on the run for the entire length of the film.

The compact cast includes character actor George Kennedy, Eastwood crony Geoffrey Lewis and in a real scene stealing performance, Jeff Bridges  In fact Bridges was such a scene stealer that he supposedly annoyed movie star Clint Eastwood.

 

The film has lots of action and some good comedy.  It runs 115 minutes.