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Lightning Strikes West(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-06-01
30%
1 Votes
Time: 0h 55m
Another 100 per cent score for the screen's premier Western star! A cyclonic drama of Love, laughter and slaughter in a land where blue steel Blints, bullets whine, and Death rides on dangerous trails.
Overview:
When Butch Taggart escapes prison, the Marshal sends Lightning Morgan to find him and his hidden gold. He finds the map to the gold on Taggart's boot. Joe Laikon and his men are also after the gold and they overpower Morgan, get the map, and head for the treasure. But Morgan and Tod Grant are soon on their trail
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Colony Pictures
Movie: Lightning Strikes West
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ken Maynard
Lightning Ken Morgan
Claire Rochelle
Mae Grant
Bob Terry
Tad Grant
Michael Vallon
Butch Taggart
Charles King
Joe Lakin
Reed Howes
Henchman Frank
Dick Dickinson
Henchman Mack
William Gould
Marshal Jim Correy
George Chesebro
2nd Sheriff
John Elliott
Dr. Jenkins
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When Butch Taggart escapes prison, the Marshal sends Lightning Morgan to find him and his hidden gold. He finds the map to the gold on Taggart's boot. Joe Laikon and his men are also after the gold and they overpower Morgan, get the map, and head for the treasure. But Morgan and Tod Grant are soon on their trail
Release Date
1940-06-01
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Rating:
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Another 100 per cent score for the screen's premier Western star! A cyclonic drama of Love, laughter and slaughter in a land where blue steel Blints, bullets whine, and Death rides on dangerous trails.
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