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Lightnin' (1930)
Directed by Henry King
“Love and Laughter in the land of quick divorce”
Comedy · 1h 36m
Lightnin' and Mary Jones are co-owners of a hotel built right on a state border, used by divorcing wives so they can pretend to be in California while establishing residency in Nevada. When Lightnin' refuses to sell his share of the hotel to a gang of crooks, Mary is coerced into divorcing her husband so that she can sign over the deed herself.
Cast
Will Rogers
Lightnin' Bill Jones
Louise Dresser
Mrs. Mary Jones
Joel McCrea
John Marvin
Helen Cohan
Milly Jones
Jason Robards Sr.
Raymond Thomas
Sharon Lynn
Mrs. Lower - the Chiseler
Joyce Compton
Betty - Larry's Wife
Rex Bell
Larry - Betty's Husband
Charlotte Walker
Mrs. Thatcher
Luke Cosgrave
Zeb
J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Lemuel Townsend
Ruth Warren
Mrs. Margaret Davis
Crew
- Director
- Henry King
- Writer
- S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien
- Director of Photography
- Chester A. Lyons
- Editor
- Louis R. Loeffler
- Producer
- John Golden, Henry King
Details
- Release date
- 1930-11-28
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Fox Film Corporation