

MovieCrimeDrama
Heat Lightning
"I just killed a rat!"
7.2(19)19341h 3m
Olga runs an isolated gas station and restaurant in the stifling hot American desert with her discontented younger sister Myra. When two escaped criminals stop for a bite to eat, Olga is reminded of the past she left behind.
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Writers
- Warren Duff,Brown Holmes
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Cast

Aline MacMahon
Olga

Ann Dvorak
Myra

Preston Foster
George

Lyle Talbot
Jeff

Glenda Farrell
Mrs. Tifton

Frank McHugh
Frank

Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. Ashton-Ashley

Theodore Newton
Steve Laird

Willard Robertson
Everett Marshall

Harry C. Bradley
'Popsy'

James Durkin
The Sheriff

Jane Darwell
Gladys

Edgar Kennedy
Herbert

Muriel Evans
Blonde Cutie

Jill Dennett
Girl with Black Bangs (uncredited)

Sam Hayes
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Chris-Pin Martin
Mexican Husband with Family (uncredited)
Margareta Montez
Mexican Wife (uncredited)
Eddie Shubert
The Last Traveler (uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
Writing
- Warren DuffScreenplay
- Brown HolmesScreenplay
- Leon AbramsTheatre Play
- George AbbottTheatre Play
Production
- Samuel BischoffProducer
- Maxwell ArnowCasting
- Russel TrostCasting
- William MayberyCasting Assistant
Camera
- Sidney HickoxDirector of Photography
Editing
- Howard BrethertonEditor
Sound
- Leo F. ForbsteinConductor
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
- Bernhard KaunOrchestrator
Art
- Jack OkeyArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Orry-KellyCostume Design
- Eugene JoseffOther
Crew
- Sidney HickoxCinematography