Lightnin'
“As Human and Dramatic As the Life Story of Your Best Friend”
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Set in a hotel straddling the border between California and Nevada, this early John Ford comedy follows a female hotel owner's efforts to turn a profit and get some work out of her husband.
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Shot by Joseph H August
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Cast & Crew
16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jay Hunt
as Lightnin' Bill Jones
Madge Bellamy
as Millie Davis
Wallace Macdonald
as John Marvin
J Farrell Macdonald
as Lemuel Townsend
Ethel Clayton
as Margaret Davis
James A Marcus
as Sheriff Blodgett
Edythe Chapman
as Mrs. Bill Jones
Otis Harlan
as Zeb
Brandon Hurst
as Everett Hammond
Richard Travers
as Raymond Thomas
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2Other crew
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