When Lightning Strikes (1934)
Lightning the German Shepherd dog stars in this wilderness melodrama.
Top billed cast
- Lightning the German ShepherdLightning
Francis X. Bushman Jr.Matt Caldwell
Alice DahlHelen Stevens
J.P. McGowanLafe Broderick
Tom LondonWolf
Blackie WhitefordHunky
William DesmondMarshal Jack Stevens
Marin SaisMrs. Stevens
Murdock MacQuarrieJim Caldwell
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