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Lightning Bill

Lightning Bill

Genres

Western

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Lightnin' Bill Williams, the owner of a 50,000-acre ranch near the town of Cactusville, takes a fall off a cliff, and the experience affects him to the extent that he has lost his nerve. Oil promoter Dan Carson and geologist Lional Murphy find large oil deposits under Bill's ranch, and decide to swindle him out of them. Complications ensue.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

16 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

29 June 1926

Country

United States of America

Cast

Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur

Marie Denton

William Bailey

William Bailey

William W. Williams

Charles Meakin

Charles Meakin

Daniel Carson

Edward Heim

Edward Heim

John R. Denton

Jack Henderson

Jack Henderson

Edward G. Hookem

Tom Shirley

Tom Shirley

Lionel Jay Murphy

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