Lightning Lariats

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Lightning Lariats
Lightning Lariats.jpg
Directed by Robert De Lacey
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Nicholas Musuraca
Production
company
Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Distributed by Film Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • January 30, 1927 (1927-01-30)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Lightning Lariats is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey and starring Tom Tyler, Dorothy Dunbar and Frankie Darro. [1]

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Plot

Following a revolution in his Balkan country, King Alexis escapes to the American West in the company of his American governess where he receives the help of a cowboy to thwart an attempt to kidnap him.

Cast

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References

  1. Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 435. ISBN   0-520-20969-9.