title: Lightning Strikes West
text: # Lightning Strikes West
  
  Lightning Strikes West is a 1940 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Martha Chapin. The film stars Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Bob Terry, Michael Vallon, Charles King and Reed Howes. The film was released on June 1, 1940, by Colony Pictures.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Ken Maynard as Lightning Ken Morgan
  * Claire Rochelle as Mae Grant
  * Bob Terry as Tad Grant
  * Michael Vallon as Butch Taggart
  * Charles King as Joe Lakin
  * Reed Howes as Frank
  * Dick Dickinson as Mack
  * George Chesebro as Sheriff
  * John Elliott as Dr. Jenkins
  * William Gould as Marshal Jim Correy
  