History Film / ThunderboltAndLightfoot

* [[ChekovsGun Chekov's Sneeze]]: Red mentions having allergies early on, and it's a sneeze from him that gives him and Goody away to the drive-in movie cashier when they hide in the trunk.

* NoodleIncident: How Thunderbolt won the [[BlingOfWar Silver Star]] in [[TheKoreanWar Korea]].

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot hitchhike out of town, then discover a one-room schoolhouse. The building had been moved, intact, a year earlier. [[RewardingVandalism They take the blackboard off the wall]], and find the money from the original robbery, just as it had been hidden. Cut to a scene where Thunderbolt is driving out of a dealer with a brand new Cadillac convertible, picks up Lightfoot, and they drive off into the sunset...

* DefinitelyJustACold: After being kicked in the head repeatedly by Red, Lightfoot experiences numbness on his left side, dizziness, and eventually starts to briefly lose consciousness. He insists [[FamousLastWords "I must be tired or something..."]]

* DefinitelyJustACold: After being kicked in the head repeatedly by Red, Lightfoot experiences numbness on his left side, dizziness, and eventually starts to briefly loses consciousness. He insists [[FamousLastWords "I must be tired or something..."]]

* RobbingTheDead: Between being abandoned by Red and picked up as a hitchhiker, Lightfoot evidently took the suit Goody wore before being shot.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot hitchhike out of town, then discover a one-room schoolhouse. The building had been moved, intact, a year earlier. They take the blackboard off the wall, and find the money from the original robbery, just as it had been hidden. Cut to a scene where Thunderbolt is driving out of a dealer with a brand new Cadillac convertible, picks up Lightfoot, and they drive off into the sunset...

The police show up shortly after the robbery, and because one of them in the trunk make noise and a shirt was showing from the trunk of the car, the drive-in cashier figures they were sneaking people into the theatre and the police are directed to them. They escape, but in the process Goody (in the trunk) is shot and killed by police. Red takes the car from Thunderbolt and Lightfoot at gunpoint, [[KickTheDog kicks Lightfoot in the head because he doesn't like him]], and tries to outrun the police. They shoot him, and he crashes into the department store where he worked (as a cover and to raise money for the robbery) and is mauled by the junkyard dogs the store has in the building overnight to keep out burglars.

The police show up shortly after the robbery, and because one of them in the trunk make noise and a shirt was showing from the trunk of the car, the drive-in cashier figures they were sneaking people into the theatre and the police are directed to them. They escape, but in the process Eddie (in the trunk) is shot and killed by police. Red takes the car from Thunderbolt and Lightfoot at gunpoint, [[KickTheDog kicks Lightfoot in the head because he doesn't like him]], and tries to outrun the police. They shoot him, and he crashes into the department store where he worked (as a cover and to raise money for the robbery) and is mauled by the junkyard dogs the store has in the building overnight to keep out burglars.

* DefensiveFailure: Even with his guns drawn and Thunderbolt beating up his partner Red, Eddie still won't shoot him. It makes sense since previously they had been part of the same criminal gang.

* MoneyGrinding: The crooks have to take temporary jobs to make ends meet while they case their target, and to earn enough money for the equipment they'll need for the second robbery. Thunderbolt works in a metal shop, Lightfoot does construction labor ([[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery where he gets a free show from a female client while putting in a sprinkler system]]), Red works as a janitor in a department store, and Eddie drives an ice cream truck.

* DisguisedInDrag: Lightfoot wears a wig and dress to [[DistractedByTheSexy gain access to]] and ultimately incapacitate the Western Union security guard in charge of monitoring the alarm.
* DriveInTheater: How they plan to hide out when the police are next door at the security company checking out the robbery.

* DisguisedInDrag: Lightfoot wears a wig and dress to distract, gain access to, and ultimately incapacitate the Western Union security guard in charge of monitoring the alarm.

* InterruptedIntimacy: While Thunderbolt secures the bank manager and his wife and gets the combination to the safe, Red finds the manager's daughter and her boyfriend ''in flagrante'' and leers a bit before tying them up. Later on, the manager and wife (still tied together) [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime manage to hop to their daughter's room to make sure she's safe]] and find the two teenagers naked, BoundAndGagged, and face-to-face on the bed.

* InterruptedIntimacy: While Thunderbolt ties up the bank manager and his wife and gets the combination to the safe, Red finds the manager's daughter and her boyfriend ''in flagrante'' and leers a bit before tying them up. Later on, the manager and wife (still tied together) [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime manage to hop to their daughter's room to make sure she's safe]] and find the two teenagers naked, BoundAndGagged, and face-to-face on the bed.

* InterruptedIntimacy: While Thunderbolt ties up the bank manager and his wife and gets the combination to the safe, Red finds the manager's daughter and her boyfriend ''in flagrante'' and leers a bit before tying them up. Later on, the manager and wife (still tied together) manage to hop to their daughter's room to make sure she's safe [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime and find the two teenagers naked]], BoundAndGagged, and face-to-face on the bed.

* DisguisedInDrag: Lightfoot wears a wig and dress to distract (and ultimately incapacitate) the guy in charge of monitoring the alarm.

* MoneyGrinding: The crooks have to take temporary jobs to earn enough money for the equipment they'll need for the second robbery. Thunderbolt works in a metal shop, Lightfoot does construction labor ([[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery where he gets a free show from a female client while putting in a sprinkler system]]), Red works as a janitor in a department store, and Eddie drives an ice cream truck.

The police show up shortly after the robbery, and because one of them in the trunk make noise and a shirt was showing from the trunk of the car, the Drive In cashier figures they were sneaking people into the theatre (which they were) and the police are directed to them. They escape, but in the process Eddie in the trunk is shot and killed by police. Red takes the car from Thunderbolt and Lightfoot at gunpoint, [[KickTheDog kicks Lightfoot because he doesn't like him]], and is upset because he had some smart-ass remarks to him, tries to outrun the police, but is shot, crashes into the department store where he works (as a cover and to raise money for the robbery) and is mauled by the junkyard dogs the store has in the building overnight to keep out burglars.

* MoneyGrinding: The crooks have to take temporary jobs to earn enough money for the equipment they'll need. Thunderbolt works in a metal shop, Lightfoot does construction labor ([[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery where he gets a free show from a female client while putting in a sprinkler system]]), Red works in a department store, and Eddie drives an ice cream truck.

* MoneyGrinding: The crooks have to take temporary jobs to earn enough money for the equipment they'll need. Thunderbolt works in a metal shop, Lightfoot does construction labor ([[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery where he gets a free show]] from a client while putting in a sprinkler system), Red works in a department store, and Eddie drives an ice cream truck.

The police show up shortly after the robbery, and because one of them in the trunk make noise and a shirt was showing from the trunk of the car, the Drive In cashier figures they were sneaking people into the theatre (which they were) and the police are directed to them. They escape, but in the process, one of the robbers in the trunk is shot and killed by police, so the other robber takes the car from Thunderbolt and Lightfoot at gunpoint, kicks Lightfoot because he doesn't like him and is upset because he had some smart-ass remarks to him, tries to outrun the police, but is shot, crashes into the Department Store where he works (as a cover and to raise money for the robbery) and is mauled by the junkyard dogs the store has in the building overnight to keep out burglars.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot hitchhike out of town, then discover a one-room schoolhouse. The building had been moved, intact, a year earlier. They take the blackboard off the wall, and find the money from the original robbery, just as it had been hidden. Cut to a scene where Thunderbolt is driving out of a dealer with a brand new Cadillac convertible, picks up Lightfoot, and they drive off into the sunset, only the beating he took from the other robber essentially gave him a delayed concussion, and killed him, he collapses into the passenger seat. Thunderbolt, even though he got away with the money, he is unhappy at the death of his friend as he continues driving down the road.

Lightfoot discovers that Clint was really one of the members of a gang that robbed a security company a few years ago that were never caught, and that he had the nickname "Thunderbolt." After the two of them stop for ice cream, after they get back, the two remaining men that were chasing them catch up, and they want the money from the robbery. Thunderbolt explains that the money was in a one-room schoolhouse but the building has disappeared and the other member of the team who knew about it is dead. Lightfoot has a suggestion: pull the same robbery of the same company over again, because nobody will be expecting it.

* DriveInTheater: How they plan to hide out when the police are next door at the security company checking out the robbery

* AsTheGoodBookSays - Isaiah 11:6 - "And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid."
* BadassPreacher - Thunderbolt, until his "friends" find him and start shooting
* DriveInTheatre - How they plan to hide out when the police are next door at the security company checking out the robbery
* PunkInTheTrunk - How two of them are hiding when going to the drive-in.

ClintEastwood is a preacher. Some men come in during a Sunday Service and start shooting at him. He escapes, with the help of Lightfoot (JeffBridges), a car thief who happens to be driving by, and helps him by running over one of his pursuers and giving him a lift.

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Clint Eastwood is a preacher. Some men come in during a Sunday Service and start shooting at him. He escapes, with the help of Lightfoot, a car thief who happens to be driving by, and helps him by running over one of his pursuers and giving him a lift.