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25/01/1998

BBC Two - Lightning Jack

Comedy western about an ageing outlaw and his new sidekick, a mute boy.

Comedy western about an ageing outlaw and his new sidekick, a mute boy, who seal a friendship that is tested by Comanches, bounty hunters and his old flame.

Comedy western about an ageing outlaw who reluctantly takes a young mute boy hostage in a robbery and becomes friends with him. Initially scared, the boy is soon charmed by the outlaw's tales and press cuttings, and the duo form a bond amid a number of botched robberies. But under attack from Comanches and bounty hunters and imprisoned by the sheriff, the pair's new friendship is tested to the limit.

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