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Lightning Conductor is a British film of genre Spy directed by Maurice Elvey with Gordon Harker
Lightning Conductor (1938)
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Add to a movie listLightning Conductor is a 1938 British comedy thriller film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gordon Harker, John Lodge and Sally Gray. A London bus driver becomes embroiled in a plot by foreign agents to steal secret documents. It was made at Pinewood Studios.
Actors
Gordon Harker
(Albert Rughouse)
John Lodge
(Anderson)
Sally Gray
(Mary)
Ernest Thesiger
(Professor)
Steven Geray
(Mortley)
Arthur Hambling
(Bus Inspector)
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