The Lightning Raider

{{Infobox film

| name = The Lightning Raider

| image = The Lightning Raider poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = George B. Seitz

| producer = Pathe Pictures

| writer = John B. Clymer
Charles W. Goddard
George B. Seitz

| screenplay =

| story =

| based_on = stories written by May Yohe

| starring = Pearl White
Warner Oland
Boris Karloff

| cinematography =

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| distributor = Pathé Exchange
Astra Films

| released = {{film date|1919|1|15}}

| runtime = 300 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LightningRaider1919.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Lightning Raider |access-date=November 29, 2009|work=Silent Era}} 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.