Lightning Strikes Twice
Would You Have the Nerve to Do What She Did on Her Wedding Day?
A noir-tinged romantic thriller about a woman drawn to a man shadowed by murder suspicion, mixing melodrama with period atmosphere and moral ambiguity.
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
Essence
Ensemble
Ruth Roman
Shelley Carnes
Richard Todd
Richard Trevelyan
Mercedes McCambridge
Liza McStringer
Zachary Scott
Harvey Fortescue Turner
Frank Conroy
J.D. Nolan
Kathryn Givney
Myra Nolan
Rhys Williams
Father Paul
Darryl Hickman
String
Nacho Galindo
Pedro
Marjorie Bennett
Drug Store Customer
Ralph Byrd
Jack Ross
Frank Cady
Gas Station Man
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