The Lightning Raider

The Lightning Raider is a 1919 American action film serial directed by George B. Seitz. It was the on-screen debut of Boris Karloff, albeit as an extra. The film serial survives in an incomplete state with some reels preserved at the Library of Congress Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection and other film archives, but it is not available on home video. The serial was shown in France as Par Amour.

Plot
A beautiful young woman is in reality a daring master thief. While fleeing the scene of her latest robbery, she meets a handsome young millionaire named Thomas Babbington North. The film belongs to the sensationalistic "Yellow Menace" genre of its time, with Warner Oland playing the insidious Oriental Wu Fang.

Cast

 * Pearl White as The Lightning Raider
 * Warner Oland as Wu Fang
 * Henry G. Sell as Thomas Babbington North
 * Ruby Hoffman as Lottie
 * William P. Burt as The Wasp (credited as William Burt)
 * Frank Redman as Hop Sing
 * Nellie Burt as Sunbeam
 * Sam Kim
 * Henrietta Simpson
 * Boris Karloff as an extra
 * Billy Sullivan (credited as William A. Sullivan)
 * Anita Brown

Episodes

 * 1) The Ebony Block
 * 2) The Counterplot
 * 3) Underworld Terrors
 * 4) Through Doors of Steel
 * 5) The Brass Key
 * 6) The Mystic Box
 * 7) Meshes of Evil
 * 8) Cave of Dread
 * 9) Falsely Accused
 * 10) The Baited Trap
 * 11) The Bars of Death
 * 12) Hurled Into Space
 * 13) The White Roses
 * 14) Cleared of Guilt
 * 15) Wu Fang Atones