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Lightning Strikes Twice(1951)
Would You Have the Nerve to Do What She Did on Her Wedding Day?
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
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Movie: Lightning Strikes Twice
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Lightning Strikes Twice
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Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
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1951-04-12
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5.7
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2.9 startsTagline
Would You Have the Nerve to Do What She Did on Her Wedding Day?
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