THE HURRICANE EXPRESS

DIRECTED BY J. P. McGOWAN/ARMAND SCHAEFER
PRODUCED BY BY NAT LEVINE
MASCOT PICTURES

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INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
The Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad.
One of his victims is Larry Baker's father.
Baker wants to find the evildoer, among a host of suspects,
but it will be difficult since the Wrecker can disguise himself to look like almost anyone.
Summary written by Ed Stephan

Full Cast
Tully Marshall .... Howard L. Edwards, Railroad manager
Conway Tearle .... Stevens, Railroad attorney
John Wayne .... Larry Baker
Shirley Grey .... Gloria Stratton, aka Gloria Martin
Edmund Breese .... Frank Stratton, Gloria's father
Lloyd Whitlock .... Walter Gray, Airline manager
Al Bridge .... Carlson, Plainville station agent (as Alan Bridge)
Matthew Betz .... Tom Jordan, Railroad engineer (as Mathew Betz)
Joseph W. Girard .... Det. Matthews (as Joseph Girard)
James P. Burtis .... Det. Hemingway, Matthews, assistant (as James Burtis)
Ernie Adams .... Henchman Barney, Machine gunner (as Ernie S. Adams)
Charles King .... Henchman Mike
J. Farrell MacDonald .... Jim Baker, Railroad engineer [Chs. 1, 5]
Al Ferguson .... Henchman Sandy, The "Wrecker's" pilot
Glenn Strange .... Henchman Jim
Victor Adamson .... Train passenger (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt .... Henchman (uncredited)
Eddie Parker .... Co-pilot [Chs. 1, 6] (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones .... Sam, the Train porter [Chs. 2-3] (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Colbert Clark story and screenplay
Wyndham Gittens story and screenplay
J.P. McGowan screenplay
George Morgan screenplay
Barney A. Sarecky story and screenplay (as Barney Sarecky)
Harold Tarshis screenplay (uncredited)

Produced
Nat Levine .... producer (uncredited)

Original Music
Lee Zahler (uncredited)

Cinematography
Ernest Miller
Carl Wester

Stunts
Yakima Canutt .... stunts (uncredited)
Bert Goodrich .... stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Parker .... stunts (uncredited)

Trivia
Chapter Titles: -
1. The Wrecker -
2. Flying Pirates -
3. The Masked Menace -
4. Buried Alive -
5. Danger Lights -
6. The Airport Mystery -
7. Sealed Lips -
8. Outside the Law -
9. The Invincible Army -
10. The Wrecker's Secret -
11. Wings of Death -
12. Unmasked

The feature version,running approximately 81 minutes,
was edited from Chapters #1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Filming Locations
Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
Newhall, California, USA
Saugus, California, USA

Now available to watch:-

The Hurricane Express (1932) - 12 Chapters
Chapter 01 - The Wrecker (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter01TheWrecker)
Chapter 02 - Flying Pirates (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter02FlyingPirates)
Chapter 03 - The Masked Menace (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter03TheMaskedMenace)
Chapter 04 - Buried Alive (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter04BuriedAlive)
Chapter 05 - Danger Lights (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter05DangerLights)
Chapter 06 - The Airport Mystery (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter06TheAirportMystery)
Chapter 07 - Sealed Lips (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter07SealedLips)
Chapter 08 - Outside the Law (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter08OutsideTheLaw)
Chapter 09 - The Invisible Enemy (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter09TheInvisibleEnemy)
Chapter 10 - The Wrecker's Secret (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter10TheWreckersSecret)
Chapter 11 - Wings of Death (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter11WingsOfDeath)
Chapter 12 - Unmasked (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter12Unmasked)

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This is the 2nd. serial, for Nat Levine, at MASCOT PICTURES.
This is a railroad drama, combined with airplane, and automobile stunts.
Once again, Duke is a pilot, supported by Tully Marshall and J. Farrell Mac Donald.
Duke's voice, was still on the squeaky side, especially when he finds his Dad,
but he was plying his trade, and his skills were improving.
Yakima Canutt, performed most of the stunts, doubling for almost everyone.
Whilst, filming, Duke spotted a hobo, having breakfast, and
he was soon breakfasting with him.Duke retorted, that it wasn't a bad stew.
Rating 5/10

Deep Discount DVD (http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=BHV045418) has this movie available as part of a 5-disc set called John Wayne - Legend of a Cowboy. There are 20 features from the 30's, and Hurricane Express is one of them.

It can be obtained from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00062J0X0/qid=1139729536/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3581901-1689624?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130) in DVD format, from independent vendors, and is not eligible for free shipping.

Chester :newyear:

Another release if you don't want to spend to much money is here:

150 serials (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001HAGW4/qid=1139744871/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/102-1959544-4664944?n=130)

Here you get all three John Wayne serials plus a bunch of extra crap. I thought the technical quality was decent for these old series even though one of the reviewers at Amazon felt different.

Regards
Popol Vuh

Since this was a multi-part series, there are quite a few posters, but we will share what appear to be the best ones. The first one is a color version of the one in Keith's introductory post, the second one is from Episode 9, and the third one is a 1949 re-release poster.

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Now available to watch:-

The Hurricane Express (1932) - 12 Chapters
Chapter 01 - The Wrecker (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter01TheWrecker)
Chapter 02 - Flying Pirates (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter02FlyingPirates)
Chapter 03 - The Masked Menace (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter03TheMaskedMenace)
Chapter 04 - Buried Alive (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter04BuriedAlive)
Chapter 05 - Danger Lights (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter05DangerLights)
Chapter 06 - The Airport Mystery (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter06TheAirportMystery)
Chapter 07 - Sealed Lips (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter07SealedLips)
Chapter 08 - Outside the Law (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter08OutsideTheLaw)
Chapter 09 - The Invisible Enemy (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter09TheInvisibleEnemy)
Chapter 10 - The Wrecker's Secret (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter10TheWreckersSecret)
Chapter 11 - Wings of Death (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter11WingsOfDeath)
Chapter 12 - Unmasked (http://www.archive.org/details/MovieSerial-TheHurricaneExpress1932Chapter12Unmasked)