Where They Went

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Directed by Michael Cimino

A bank robber hiding as a preacher teams up with a young drifter, dodges his old gang, and plans to repeat their old heist in Montana.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Country church
    Montana
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Inferred

    Thunderbolt, posing as a preacher, flees a gunman and is picked up by Lightfoot in a stolen car.

  2. 2New schoolhouse
    Warsaw, Montana
    ≈ 00:25:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    They come to collect the loot hidden in the old one-room school, only to find a new school built on the site.

  3. 3Bank and Western Union office
    Great Falls, Montana
    ≈ 00:45:00
    Inferred
  4. 4Drive-in theater
    Great Falls, Montana
    ≈ 01:35:00
    Inferred
  5. 5Old schoolhouse by the highway
    Warsaw, Montana
    ≈ 01:42:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  6. 6The Interstate
    Montana
    ≈ 01:50:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
294 km
Places
3
Countries
1
Stops
6
  • Car: 294 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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