Smoke Lightning
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Howard
Screenplay bySidney D. Mitchell
Gordon Rigby
Harry Ruskin
StarringGeorge O'Brien
Nell O'Day
Betsy King Ross
Frank Atkinson
Clarence Wilson
Morgan Wallace
CinematographySidney Wagner
Edited byJack Murray
Music byPeter Brunelli
Arthur Lange
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 17, 1933 (1933-02-17)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Smoke Lightning is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by David Howard and written by Sidney D. Mitchell and Gordon Rigby. The film stars George O'Brien, Nell O'Day, Betsy King Ross, Frank Atkinson, Clarence Wilson and Morgan Wallace. It is based on the story "Cañon Walls" by Zane Grey. The film was released on February 17, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation.[1][2][3]

Plot

Blake (E. Alyn Warren) commits suicide after Smoke (George O'Brien) wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, and Smoke transfers the ranch to Blake's little daughter (Betsy King Ross). The Sheriff (Morgan Wallace), on the other hand, is after the ranch and has Smoke arrested for the murder of Blake, before bringing in a fake relative to appear as the girl's relative.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Smoke Lightning (1933)". TCM.com. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "Smoke Lightning (1933) - David Howard | Cast and Crew". AllMovie. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "Smoke Lightning". Afi.com. January 31, 1933. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

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Films directed by David Howard
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