High Voltage
Troubled hearts - hunger - and a girl's fingers on the organ.
1929 · 63 min · ★ 5.2 · Drama
A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the run from the law.
Directed by Howard Higgin · Written by Elliott J. Clawson
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William Boyd Bill -
Carole Lombard Billie ("Phyllis") -
Owen Moore Detective Dan Egan -
Billy Bevan Gus Jones -
Diane Ellis The Kid -
Phillips Smalley James Milton Hendrickson(The Banker)
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