Lightnin'

1h 44m
Comedy
6.1

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
Lightnin' Bill Jones
Wallace MacDonald
John Marvin
Richard Travers
Raymond Thomas
J. Farrell MacDonald
Lemuel Townsend
Otis Harlan
Zeb
Edythe Chapman
Mrs. Jones
Madge Bellamy
Millie
Ethel Clayton
Margaret Davis
Brandon Hurst
Everett Hammond

Crew

John Ford
Director
Frances Marion
Adaptation, Screenplay
Joseph H. August
Director of Photography
Edward O'Fearna
Assistant Director
Sam Benson
Costume Design

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