Lightnin'

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Overview

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.

Cast: Jay Hunt, Wallace MacDonald, Richard Travers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Otis Harlan, more

Director: John Ford

Genres: Comedy

Cast

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Lightnin'

Overview

Cast

Jay Hunt

Wallace MacDonald

Richard Travers

J. Farrell MacDonald

Otis Harlan

Edythe Chapman

Madge Bellamy

Ethel Clayton

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