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Chain Lightning is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Lambert Hillyer based upon the novel Brass Commandments by Malcolm Stuart Boylan.[1] The film stars Buck Jones, Diane Ellis, Ted McNamara, Jack Baston, William Welsh, and Martin Faust. The film was released on August 14, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation.[2][3][4] The novel that the film is based upon was previously filmed as Brass Commandments (1923).[1]
| Chain Lightning | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Screenplay by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Based on | Brass Commandments 1923 novel by Charles Alden Seltzer |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | Buck Jones Diane Ellis Ted McNamara Jack Baston William Welsh Martin Faust |
| Cinematography | Reginald Lyons |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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- Buck Jones as Steve Lannon
- Diane Ellis as Glory Jackson
- Ted McNamara as Shorty
- Jack Baston as Campan
- William Welsh as George Clearwater
- Martin Faust as Bannack
- William Caress as Tom Yeats
- Gene Cameron as Binghamwell Stokes Hurlbert
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