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John Wayne and Lloyd Whitlock in West of the Divide (1934)

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John Wayne and Verna Hillie in The Star Packer (1934)

John Wayne and George 'Gabby' Hayes in Blue Steel (1934)

John Wayne and Verna Hillie in The Trail Beyond (1934)

John Wayne in The Hurricane Express (1932)

Who's ever back of it means my father was murdered, and I'll bring that man to justice if it takes the rest of my life.

"Hurricane Express" (serial), Mascot Picture Corp. 1931.

"Hurricane Express" (serial), Mascot Picture Corp. 1931. John Wayne and Shirley Grey.

John Wayne and Shirley Grey in The Hurricane Express (1932)

John Wayne, Charles King, and Glenn Strange in The Hurricane Express (1932)

John Wayne, Ernie Adams, Victor Adamson, Matthew Betz, Edmund Breese, Al Bridge, James P. Burtis, Yakima Canutt, Colbert Clark, Al Ferguson, Joseph W. Girard, Wyndham Gittens, Shirley Grey, Henry Hall, Rodney Hildebrand, Charles King, J. Farrell MacDonald, Tully Marshall, J.P. McGowan, Ernest Miller, Eddie Parker, Fred Parker, Barney A. Sarecky, Armand Schaefer, Ray Snyder, Glenn Strange, Conway Tearle, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Carl Wester, and Lloyd Whitlock in The Hurricane Express (1932)

John Wayne

Shirley Grey

Conway Tearle

Colbert Clark

Barney A. Sarecky

Wyndham Gittens

When his father is killed in a train wreck, Larry Baker vows to unmask a mysterious criminal called &quot;The Wrecker,&quot; who has targeted the L&amp;M Railroad for deadly&quot; accidents.&quot;

J.P. McGowan

Armand Schaefer

The Hurricane Express

Nostalgic Early Sound Serial

&quot;The Hurricane Express&quot; was one of three serials that John Wayne made for Nat Levine and Mascot Pictures after leaving Columbia Pictures following a run-in with mogul Harry Cohn over the affections of a young starlet.

The Mascot serials were always fast paced and full of action and this one is no exception. The story revolves around a mysterious character named &quot;The Wrecker&quot; who is bent on destroying the L &amp; R Railroad. He causes the wreck of the Hurricane Express in which engineer Jim Baker (J. Farrell MacDonald) is killed. His son Larry (Wayne), an airline pilot vows to avenge his father&apos;s death. And that&apos;s basically it.

Wayne goes through the rest of the serial trying to identify &quot;The Wrecker&quot; and bring him to justice. Is the villain Edwards (Tully Marshall), the General Manager of the railroad; Stevens (Conway Tearle) the railroad attorney; Walter Grey (Lloyd Whitlock) the head of the airline; Stratton (Edmund Breese) an escaped convict who claims to have been set up by the railroad; Jordan (Matthew Betz) an engineer who was fired and has vowed revenge or is it Carlson (Alan Bridge) a station agent?

Aiding Baker is the lovely Gloria Martin (Shirley Grey) who turns out to be Stratton&apos;s daughter. Appearing as &quot;The Wrecker&apos;s&quot; henchmen are Ernie Adams, Charlie King, Glenn Strange and Al Ferguson. Complicating matters is the fact that &quot;The Wrecker&quot; can impersonate anybody by donning a life like mask of that person. Never mind that he can also apparently assume their physical characteristics and clothing as well.

After 12 chapters, a number of false leads and red herrings &quot;The Wrecker&quot; turns out to be.......wait, no, no...Bam! Bam!..aaaargh!

John Wayne was quite young and very athletic at the time this serial was made and can be seen clearly performing many of his own stunts. The winsome Grey was also at Columbia at the same time as Wayne and even appeared in a picture or two with him. I wonder..hmmmm.

These old serials also provide a snapshot of the times. I particularly enjoyed seeing the old cars, trains and planes. A bit dated but a nevertheless enjoyable piece of nostalgia.

"The Hurricane Express" was one of three serials that John Wayne made for Nat Levine and Mascot Pictures after leaving Columbia Pictures following a run-in with mogul Harry Cohn over the affections of a young starlet.

The Mascot serials were always fast paced and full of action and this one is no exception. The story revolves around a mysterious character named "The Wrecker" who is bent on destroying the L & R Railroad. He causes the wreck of the Hurricane Express in which engineer Jim Baker (J. Farrell MacDonald) is killed. His son Larry (Wayne), an airline pilot vows to avenge his father's death. And that's basically it.

Wayne goes through the rest of the serial trying to identify "The Wrecker" and bring him to justice. Is the villain Edwards (Tully Marshall), the General Manager of the railroad; Stevens (Conway Tearle) the railroad attorney; Walter Grey (Lloyd Whitlock) the head of the airline; Stratton (Edmund Breese) an escaped convict who claims to have been set up by the railroad; Jordan (Matthew Betz) an engineer who was fired and has vowed revenge or is it Carlson (Alan Bridge) a station agent?

Aiding Baker is the lovely Gloria Martin (Shirley Grey) who turns out to be Stratton's daughter. Appearing as "The Wrecker's" henchmen are Ernie Adams, Charlie King, Glenn Strange and Al Ferguson. Complicating matters is the fact that "The Wrecker" can impersonate anybody by donning a life like mask of that person. Never mind that he can also apparently assume their physical characteristics and clothing as well.

After 12 chapters, a number of false leads and red herrings "The Wrecker" turns out to be.......wait, no, no...Bam! Bam!..aaaargh!

John Wayne was quite young and very athletic at the time this serial was made and can be seen clearly performing many of his own stunts. The winsome Grey was also at Columbia at the same time as Wayne and even appeared in a picture or two with him. I wonder..hmmmm.

These old serials also provide a snapshot of the times. I particularly enjoyed seeing the old cars, trains and planes. A bit dated but a nevertheless enjoyable piece of nostalgia.

When his father is killed in a train wreck, Larry Baker vows to unmask a mysterious criminal called "The Wrecker," who has targeted the L&M Railroad for deadly" accidents."

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