Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Image:Thunderbolt and Lightfoot movie poster.jpg
Directed by	Michael Cimino
Produced by	Robert Daley
Written by	Michael Cimino
Starring	Clint Eastwood Jeff Bridges
Cinematography	Frank Stanley
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	1974
Running time	116 min
IMDb profile

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a 1974 crime film starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges.

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.

According to Steven Bach's book Final Cut, Clint Eastwood vowed never to work with the movie's distributor United Artists again due to what he felt was poor promotion of it.

The script for the film was originally written on spec (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).

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