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7 May 1986 (USA) morePlot:
A private eye (Sam Elliott) battles a criminal (Robert Culp) in the Australian outback for the possession of a priceless opal in this all-out action flick. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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No spark in this "Lightning" moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sam Elliott | ... | Harry Wingate | |
| Rebecca Gilling | ... | Kate McQueen | |
| John Meillon | ... | Dr. William Giles | |
| Robert Coleby | ... | Ninian | |
| Max Phipps | ... | Brutus Cathcart | |
| Robert Culp | ... | Lester McInally | |
| Ralph Cotterill | ... | Words | |
| Jack Davis | ... | Jahrgadu | |
| Ray Meagher | ... | Hale | |
| Michael Carman | ... | Roberts | |
| Norm Erskine | ... | Clancy | |
| Garry Waddell | ... | Hennessey (as Gary Waddell) | |
| Jeff Truman | ... | Sky Operator | |
| Garry Who | ... | Mechanic (as Gary Who) | |
| Bob Barrett | ... | Sullivan |
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Sam Elliott's name might attract viewers to this made-in-Australia production but they're likely to be disappointed. He's no more than "adequate" in a script which has a tired, trite feel to it and which soon settles for "going through the motions." Some "Outback" locations around Broken Hill provide a bit of interest but not nearly enough to make this worth a look. Robert Culp is curiously cast as the villain and he occasionally rises above the material. (Sadly, despite all the heat and dust, Sam Elliott doesn't get to do a shower scene even though, at about age 42, he'd still look good walking around with just a towel knotted around his waist.)