Name: Lightning Strikes Twice
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Romance
Released: 1951-03-10
Duration: 1 h 31 min

Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)

Directed by King Vidor

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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

In Lightning Strikes Twice, Ruth Roman stars a Shelley Carnes, a stage actress who champions the cause of Richard Trevelyan (Richard Todd), whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife. Freed on a technicality, Trevelyan is nonetheless adjudged guilty in the court of public opinion. Carnes stands by her man, eventually marrying him. On the wedding night, however, it appears that Carnes has made a horrible mistake. It won't be long before she, too, will fall into the clutches of a killer--but is it Trevelyan? Based on a novel by Margaret Echard, Lightning Strikes Twice is given novelty value through its unique setting: instead of taking place in the standard Big City, the events transpire in the wide-open spaces of Texas. Of the supporting actors, Mercedes McCambridge stands out as a woman scorned, while Zachary Scott does his usual as a lazy playboy.

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Themes

Treacherous Spouses | Woman In Jeopardy

Keywords

accident, actor, car, escape, false-accusation, help, innocence, investigation, investigator, jury, killing, love, marriage, murder, neighbor, return, vacation, wife, news