title: Lightning Lariats
text: # Lightning Lariats
  
  Lightning Lariats is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey and starring Tom Tyler, Dorothy Dunbar and Frankie Darro.
  
  ## Plot
  
  Following a revolution in his Balkan country, King Alexis escapes to the American West in the company of his American governess where he receives the help of a cowboy to thwart an attempt to kidnap him.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Tom Tyler as Tom Potter
  * Dorothy Dunbar as Janet Holbrooke
  * Frankie Darro as Alexis, King of Roxenburg
  * Ruby Blaine as Cynthia Storne
  * Fred Holmes as Henry Storne
  * Ervin Renard as First Officer
  * Karl Silvera as Second Officer
  * Leroy Scott as Gus
  * Gertrude Astor as Girl
  