Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Paramount yakakurumidza kugadzirisa mutambo unotevera waSternberg, "Thunderbolt", kuti ubudiswe zvine ruzha muna 1929. Rwiyo rwacho rwunonzi underworld melodrama-musical, rwunoshandisa zvinhu zvitsva zvinonzwika uye zvinoridza, kazhinji kuti vanhu vafare. "Thunderbolt" yakawana mutambi mukuru George Bancroft Mutambi Akanakisisa
Mukurudziro yemubairo, asi ramangwana raSternberg neParamount rakanga risina chokwadi nemhaka yenhevedzano refu yekurasikirwa kwezvokutengeserana.