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Heat Lightning

7.219341h 3mMovieCrimeDrama

Olga runs an isolated gas station and restaurant in the stifling hot American desert with her discontented younger sister Myra. When two escaped criminals stop for a bite to eat, Olga is reminded of the past she left behind.

DirectorMervyn LeRoy
WritersWarren Duff·Brown Holmes
ProducerSamuel Bischoff

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Cast · Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

AMAline MacMahon
Aline MacMahon
Olga
ADAnn Dvorak
Ann Dvorak
Myra
PFPreston Foster
Preston Foster
George
LTLyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot
Jeff
GFGlenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell
Mrs. Tifton
FMFrank McHugh
Frank McHugh
Frank
RDRuth Donnelly
Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. Ashton-Ashley
TNTheodore Newton
Theodore Newton
Steve Laird
WRWillard Robertson
Willard Robertson
Everett Marshall
HBHarry C. Bradley
Harry C. Bradley
'Popsy'
JDJames Durkin
James Durkin
The Sheriff
JDJane Darwell
Jane Darwell
Gladys

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