Lightning Strikes West (1940)
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.
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
- Date of release
- 1940-06-01
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Harry L. Fraser
Casting
- 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
- Jack Evans — Barfly
- Oscar Gahan — Posse Rider
Interesting facts
Lightning Strikes West is a 1940 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Martha Chapin. The film stars Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Bob Terry, Michael Vallon, Charles King and Reed Howes. The film was released on June 1, 1940, by Colony Pictures.
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