''The Lightning Express'' is a 1930 American
pre-Code Universal
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film serial, featuring the adventures of "Whispering Smith" (played by Al Ferguson). This serial is considered a lost film.
The serial's story focuses on whether a railroad will be allowed to cross a family's property.
Cast
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Lane Chandler as Jack Venable
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Louise Lorraine as Bobbie
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Al Ferguson
Al Ferguson (19 April 1888 – 4 December 1971) was an Irish-born American film actor.
Born in County Wexford, Ireland, he appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956. Billed as Smoke Ferguson, by 1912 he was making Westerns for Selig ...
as detective Whispering Smith
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Greta Granstedt as Kate
* J. Gordon Russell as Frank Sayer, the villain
* John Oscar as Bill Lewellyn
* Martin Cichy as Hank
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Bob Reeves as Floyd Griswell
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James Pierce as henchman
* Robert Kelly as henchman
Production
''The Lightning Express'' was based on "Whispering Smith Speaks" by
Frank H. Spearman
Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American writer.
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Spearman was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railr ...
. Released by Universal on June 3, 1930, it was a remake of ''
Whispering Smith Rides
''Whispering Smith Rides'' is a 1927 American silent Western film serial directed by Ray Taylor. The screenplay was written by Arthur Henry Gooden, based on a novel by Frank H. Spearman. The film is considered to be lost, but a trailer is he ...
'' (1927).
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
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List of film serials by year
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ...
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
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