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Chain Lightning (1927)

Chain Lightning poster
Directed by
Lambert Hillyer
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cowboy tries to clear his name after being falsely accused. He must outwit a group of criminals to prove his innocence and win back his reputation.

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What happens

Chain Lightning is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Lambert Hillyer based upon the novel Brass Commandments by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Buck Jones, Diane Ellis, Ted McNamara, Jack Baston, William Welsh, and Martin Faust. The film was released on August 14, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. The novel that the film is based upon was previously filmed as Brass Commandments (1923). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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