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Heat Lightning (1934)

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Drama

Overview

A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

Length 63 minutes

Actors

Aline MacMahon | Ann Dvorak | Preston Foster | Lyle Talbot | Glenda Farrell | Frank McHugh | Ruth Donnelly | Theodore Newton | Willard Robertson | Harry C. Bradley | James Durkin | Jane Darwell | Edgar Kennedy | Muriel Evans | Jill Dennett | Sam Hayes | Chris-Pin Martin | Margareta Montez | Eddie Shubert

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
06/26/2013Movie ScreenFilmTheater7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Crackling little flick from ‘34. Very progressive pre-code about two sister that operate a gas station / motel in the middle of the Mojave desert. One pines for a better life while the other is content. Their lives are disrupted when a couple of bank robbers show up followed by more visitors. Very tight and often humorous but also very poignant. Terrific print and Mary Talbot (daughter of Lyle Talbot who stars in the movie) provided an intro and Q&A. She was also signing her new book, a biography about her father.

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