The Lightning Raider

The Lightning Raider
Film poster
Directed byGeorge B. Seitz
Written byJohn B. Clymer
Charles W. Goddard
George B. Seitz
Based onstories written by May Yohe
Produced byPathe Pictures
StarringPearl White
Warner Oland
Boris Karloff
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Astra Films
Release date
  • January 15, 1919 (1919-01-15)
Running time
300 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (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. 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.