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| caption        = Maurice Elvey (left), Gordon Harker and real London busmen rehearsing on set
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Lightning Conductor
"Lightning Conductor" (1938).jpg
Maurice Elvey (left), Gordon Harker and real London busmen rehearsing on set
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byJoseph Jefferson Farjeon
Lawrence Green
Ivor McLaren
Evadne Price
Produced byAnthony Havelock-Allan
StarringGordon Harker
John Lodge
Sally Gray
Ernest Thesiger
CinematographyFrancis Carver
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
company
Pinebrook Studios
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • October 7, 1938 (1938-10-07)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Lightning Conductor is a 1938 British comedy thriller film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gordon Harker, John Lodge and Sally Gray.[1] 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

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."[2] and TV Guide called it "a suspenseful comedy with some good characterizations."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Lightning Conductor (1938)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson. "Lightning Conductor (1938) - Maurice Elvey - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Lightning Conductor". TVGuide.com.

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