Lightning Hutch
Also known as O Relâmpago in Brazil
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Charles Hutchison
Cast: Charles Hutchison [Larry ‘Lightning Hutch’ Hutchdale], Edith Thornton [Diane Winters], Sheldon Lewis [Boris Kosloff], Eddie Phillips [Clifford Price], Violet Schram [Marie Bruseff], Ben Walker [Henry], Virginia Pearson [Janet Thornwall], Gordon Sackville [Hugh Thornwall], LeRoy Mason [Frank Proctor], Ethan Laidlaw [a detective (chapters 2-3); and a Kosloff henchman (chapters 4-10)]
Hurricane Film Corporation [?] (William Steiner Productions, Incorporated)? production; distributed on State Rights basis by Arrow Film Corporation. / Produced by William Steiner. Scenario by J.F. Natteford (Jack Natteford). Lighting by Louis E. Myers. Cinematography by Leon Shamroy. Film editor, Bernard B. Ray. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Conspiracy,” released 19 April 1926; [2] “Life or Liberty,” released 26 April 1926; [3] “The Deadly Discovery,” released 3 May 1926; [4] “In the Trap,” released 10 May 1926; [5] “The Impossible Escape,” released 17 May 1926; [6] “The Thousandth Chance,” released 24 May 1926; [7] “The Mysterious Island,” released 31 May 1926; [8] “The Walls of Doom,” released 7 June 1926; [9] “The Unexpected Happens,” released 14 June 1926; [10] “A Woman’s Wit,” released 21 June 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in the United Kingdom by European Motion Picture Company in 1927.
Drama: Action.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 2 May 2020.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Lahue-Continued pp. 252, 286; Stedman-Serials p. 42 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
Home video: DVD.
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