The Lightning Rider (1924)
A bandit known as The Black Mask is terrorizing the countryside around the California border town of Caliboro. When word spreads that the Mask's gang is going to hit town, the town priest turns over the church's money to the local sheriff for safekeeping.
- Date of release
- 1924-05-18
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Lloyd Ingraham
Casting
- Harry Carey — Phlip Morgan
- Virginia Brown Faire — Patricia Alvarez
- Thomas G. Lingham — Sheriff Alvarez
- Léon Bary — Ramon Gonzales (as Leon Barry)
- Bert Hadley — Manuel
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan — Mammy
- Frances Ross — Claire Grayson
Interesting facts
The Lightning Rider is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and featuring Harry Carey. Prints of The Lightning Rider are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and Cinémathèque française in Paris.
Production
The Lightning Rider, originally titled Desert Rose, was completed as the third film in Carey's contract for six Western films produced by Hunt Stromberg. It was shot primarily at the Charles Ray Studio in Los Angeles. Stromberg sought to make the film as a psychological thriller rather than an action film as Western films were predominantly made.
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