When Lightning Strikes

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When Lightning Strikes

1934

0h 55m

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Lightning the German Shepherd dog stars in this wilderness melodrama.

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Lightning the German Shepherd

Lightning

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Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Matt Caldwell

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Alice Dahl

Helen Stevens

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J.P. McGowan

Lafe Broderick

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Tom London

Wolf

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Blackie Whiteford

Hunky

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William Desmond

Marshal Jack Stevens

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Marin Sais

Mrs. Stevens

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Murdock MacQuarrie

Jim Caldwell

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