The Lightning Express
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The Lightning Express is a 1930 American pre-Code Universal film serial, featuring the adventures of "Whispering Smith" (played by Al Ferguson). This serial is considered a lost film.[1]
The serial's story focuses on whether a railroad will be allowed to cross a family's property.[2]
Cast
- Lane Chandler as Jack Venable
- Louise Lorraine as Bobbie
- Al Ferguson as detective Whispering Smith
- Greta Granstedt as Kate
- J. Gordon Russell as Frank Sayer, the villain
- John Oscar as Bill Lewellyn
- Martin Cichy as Hank
- Bob Reeves as Floyd Griswell
- James Pierce as henchman
- Robert Kelly as henchman
Production
The Lightning Express was based on "Whispering Smith Speaks" by Frank H. Spearman.[3] Released by Universal on June 3, 1930, it was a remake of Whispering Smith Rides (1927).[4]
Chapter titles
- A Shot in the Dark
- A Scream of Terror
- Dangerous Rails
- The Death Trap
- Tower of Terror
- A Call for Help
- The Runaway Freight
- The Showdown
- The Secret Survey
- Cleared Tracks
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See also
References
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- 1930 films
- 1930 Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- 1930s English-language films
- Universal Pictures film serials
- Films directed by Henry MacRae
- English-language Western (genre) films
- Lost American Western (genre) films
- 1930 lost films
- 1930s American films