Lightning Strikes Twice

Director King Vidor's own ranch in Paso Robles, California was used as a filming location for the Nolan Ranch.

Shelly drives through the rain to a part in the road, then later gets stuck in the mud. She sees a house and makes her way to the door stoop. Once in the house, she comments on Texas hospitality (thereby placing the movie in Texas). But there are Joshua trees where the road parted, as well as in front of the house, and Joshua trees are found only in the Mohave Desert (southeastern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, western Arizona, and northern Baja California).