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.[1] 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.[2][3][4] The novel that the film is based upon was previously filmed as Brass Commandments (1923).[1]
Plot summary
Cast
- Buck Jones as Steve Lannon
- Diane Ellis as Glory Jackson
- Ted McNamara as Shorty
- Jack Baston as Campan
- William Welsh as George Clearwater
- Martin Faust as Bannack
- William Caress as Tom Yeats
- Gene Cameron as Binghamwell Stokes Hurlbert
References
- ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: Chain Lightning at silentera.com
- ^ "Chain Lightning (1927) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ Hans J. Wollstein (2016). "Chain-Lightning - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ "Chain Lightning". Afi.com. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
External links
- Chain Lightning at IMDb
- Chain Lightning at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Chain Lightning at the TCM Movie Database
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