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Released
1994 · FILM

Lightning Jack

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
98 min
ComedyWestern

Synopsis

Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the Wild West. During a bungled bank robbery, he takes mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two develop a strong friendship, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, as they plan Jack's final heist.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by O Nicholas BrownShot by David EggbyScored by Bruce RowlandDesigned by Bernard Hides

Box Office

1994 · Box office

Grossed $16.8M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$16.8M

Worldwide gross$16.8M

Opening weekend: $5.4M 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $6.9M41% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,710 theaters

Also known as

  • Lightning Jackde
  • Relámpago Jackes
  • Jack l'Éclairfr
  • Jack colpo di fulmineit

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