Lightning Conductor (film)

Lightning Conductor
Maurice Elvey (left), Gordon Harker and real London busmen rehearsing on set
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Produced by	Anthony Havelock-Allan
Written by	Joseph Jefferson Farjeon Lawrence Green Ivor McLaren Evadne Price
Starring	Gordon Harker John Lodge Sally Gray Ernest Thesiger
Music by	Percival Mackey
Cinematography	Francis Carver
Production company	Pinebrook Studios
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	1938 (1938)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Lightning Conductor is a 1938 British comedy thriller film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gordon Harker, John Lodge and Sally Gray.^[1] The screenplay concerns a London bus driver who becomes embroiled in a plot by foreign agents to steal secret documents. It was made at Pinewood Studios.

Cast

Gordon Harker as Albert Rughouse
John Lodge as Anderson
Sally Gray as Mary
Ernest Thesiger as Professor
George Moon as George
Steven Geray as Mortley
Charles Eaton as Royle
Arthur Hambling as Bus Inspector
Roy Findlay as Dakers

Critical reception

Allmovie noted a "breezy British action comedy...No mere programmer, The Lightning Conductor is exceptionally well cast, with such reliables as John Lodge, Sally Gray, Ernst Thesiger and Steven Geray going through their usual expert paces."^[2] and TV Guide called it "a suspenseful comedy with some good characterizations."^[3]

References

↑ "Lightning Conductor (1938)". BFI.
↑ Hal Erickson. "Lightning Conductor (1938) - Maurice Elvey - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
↑ "Lightning Conductor". TVGuide.com.

External links

Lightning Conductor at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

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