The Hurricane Express

The Hurricane Express

Directed by	Armand Schaeffer J.P. McGowan
Written by	Colbert Clark Barney Sarecky Wyndham Gittens George Morgan J.P. McGowan
Starring	John Wayne Tully Marshall Conway Tearle
Distributed by	Mascot Pictures
Release dates	1932 (1932)
Running time	12 chapters (227 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Hurricane Express, condensed version

The Hurricane Express, Chapter 1: The Wrecker

The Hurricane Express is a 1932 American Pre-Code 12-chapter Mascot Pictures film serial starring John Wayne as airplane pilot Larry Baker, who goes after a mystery villain named "The Wrecker", who was responsible for a train crash that killed Baker's father.

Cast

Tully Marshall as Howard L. Edwards, Railroad manager
Conway Tearle as Stevens, Railroad attorney
John Wayne as Larry Baker
Shirley Grey as Gloria Stratton, aka Gloria Martin
Edmund Breese as Frank Stratton, Gloria's father
Lloyd Whitlock as Walter Gray, Airline manager
Al Bridge as Carlson, Plainville station agent
Matthew Betz as Tom Jordan, a railroad engineer
Joseph W. Girard as Detective Matthews
James P. Burtis as Detective Hemingway, Matthews' assistant
Ernie Adams as Henchman Barney, The Wrecker's machine gunner henchman
Charles King as Mike, one of The Wrecker's henchmen
J. Farrell MacDonald as Jim Baker, a railroad engineer (Larry Baker's Dad)
Al Ferguson as Sandy, The Wrecker's pilot
Glenn Strange as Jim, one of The Wrecker's henchmen
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Sam (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt as Henchman (uncredited)

Production

Written by Colbert Clark, Barney Sarecky, Wyndham Gittens, George Morgan, and J.P. McGowan

Directed by Armand Schaeffer and J.P. McGowan^[1]

Chapter titles

The Wrecker
Flying Pirates
The Masked Menace
Buried Alive
Danger Lights
Airport Mystery
Sealed Lips
Outside the Law
The Invisible Enemy
The Wrecker's Secret
Wings of Death
Unmasked

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References

↑ Names were taken from the title screen of the Hurricane Express
↑ Cline, William C. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 206. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

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The Hurricane Express complete film on YouTube (Classics movie online)

Download or view online

The Hurricane Express is available for free download at the Internet Archive (79 min, edited for TV)
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Preceded by The Last of the Mohicans (1932)	Mascot Serial The Hurricane Express(1932)	Succeeded by The Devil Horse (1932)

Mascot serials

Silent serials (1926-1929)	The Silent Flyer Heroes of the Wild Isle of Sunken Gold The Golden Stallion The Vanishing West Vultures of the Sea The Fatal Warning

Sound serials (1929-1935)	The King of the Kongo The Lone Defender The Phantom of the West King of the Wild The Vanishing Legion The Galloping Ghost The Lightning Warrior The Shadow of the Eagle The Last of the Mohicans The Hurricane Express The Devil Horse The Whispering Shadow The Three Musketeers Fighting with Kit Carson The Wolf Dog The Mystery Squadron The Lost Jungle Burn 'Em Up Barnes The Law of the Wild Mystery Mountain The Phantom Empire The Miracle Rider The Adventures of Rex and Rinty The Fighting Marines

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