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{{Infobox film
| name = Lightning Conductor
| image = "Lightning_Conductor"_(1938).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Maurice Elvey (left), Gordon Harker and real London busmen rehearsing on set
| director = [[Maurice Elvey]]
| producer = [[Anthony Havelock-Allan]]
| writer = [[Joseph Jefferson Farjeon]] Lawrence Green Ivor McLaren [[Evadne Price]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Gordon Harker]] [[John Davis Lodge|John Lodge]] [[Sally Gray]] [[Ernest Thesiger]]
| music = [[Percival Mackey]]
| cinematography = [[Francis Carver]]
| editing =
| studio = Pinebrook Studios
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]]
| released = {{film date|1938|10|07}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Lightning Conductor''''' is a 1938 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Gordon Harker]], [[John Davis Lodge|John Lodge]] and [[Sally Gray]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/263150|title=Lightning Conductor (1938)|work=BFI|access-date=28 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019143945/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/263150|archive-date=19 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The screenplay concerns a London [[bus driver]] who becomes embroiled in a plot by foreign agents to steal secret documents. It was made at [[Pinewood Studios]].

==Cast==
* [[Gordon Harker]] as Albert Rughouse
* [[John Davis Lodge|John Lodge]] as Anderson
* [[Sally Gray]] as Mary
* [[Ernest Thesiger]] as Professor
* [[George Moon]] as George
* [[Steven Geray]] as Mortley
* [[Charles Eaton (British actor)|Charles Eaton]] as Royle
* [[Arthur Hambling]] as Bus Inspector
* Roy Findlay as Dakers

==Critical reception==
[[Allmovie]] noted a "breezy British action comedy...No mere programmer, The Lightning Conductor is exceptionally well cast, with such reliables as John Lodge, Sally Gray, Ernst Thesiger and Steven Geray going through their usual expert paces."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/lightning-conductor-v99620|title=Lightning Conductor (1938) - Maurice Elvey - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|author=Hal Erickson|work=AllMovie}}</ref> and ''[[TV Guide]]'' called it "a suspenseful comedy with some good
characterizations."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/lightning-conductor/review/104287/|title=Lightning Conductor|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0030367}}

{{Maurice Elvey}}

[[Category:1938 films]]
[[Category:1930s spy comedy films]]
[[Category:1930s comedy thriller films]]
[[Category:British spy comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy thriller films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Maurice Elvey]]
[[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1938 comedy films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Percival Mackey]]
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