Heat Lightning

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"Heat Lightning" is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film, noted for its tense desert setting and strong female lead performances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
pre-Code film
basedOn Heat Lightning (play) NERFINISHED
cinematographer Tony Gaudio NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Mervyn LeRoy NERFINISHED
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editor Thomas Pratt NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
genre drama film
hasFemaleLead true
hasTheme betrayal
crime
female independence
isBlackAndWhite true
leadCharacterGender female
motionPictureRating pre-Code era (no Production Code seal)
narrativeFocus relationships and tension at an isolated desert service station
notableFor strong female lead performances
tense desert setting
originalLanguage English
partOfFilmMovement pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED
playwrightOfSourceWork George Abbott NERFINISHED
Leon Abrams NERFINISHED
producer Hal B. Wallis
productionCompany Warner Bros. NERFINISHED
releaseDecade 1930s
releaseYear 1934
runtimeMinutes 63
screenwriter Brown Holmes NERFINISHED
Warren Duff NERFINISHED
settingLocation desert
starring Aline MacMahon NERFINISHED
Ann Dvorak NERFINISHED
Edgar Kennedy NERFINISHED
Frank McHugh NERFINISHED
George E. Stone NERFINISHED
Glenda Farrell NERFINISHED
Jane Darwell NERFINISHED
Lyle Talbot NERFINISHED
Preston Foster NERFINISHED
Robert Barrat NERFINISHED
Ruth Donnelly NERFINISHED
Willard Robertson NERFINISHED

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Aline MacMahon notableWork Heat Lightning
Ann Dvorak notableWork Heat Lightning