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Heat Lightning

1934·1h 3m·Passed
DramaCrime
IMDb Rating
★ 7.1/10
1,429 votes

Two killers stop at Olga's gas station alongside a California highway.

Heat Lightning is a 1934 drama crime movie directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, Aline MacMahon. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.1/10 from 1,429 votes and runs 1h 3m.

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Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Stars
Ann Dvorak
Preston Foster
Aline MacMahon
Lyle Talbot
Details
1934-03-03
63 min
Movie
Passed
★ United States
★ English, Spanish
Keywords
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