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."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."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."
Shirley Grey
- Gloria Martin
- (as Shirley Gray)
- …
Matthew Betz
- Tom Jordan
- (as Mathew Betz)
Joseph W. Girard
- Detective Matthews
- (as Joseph Girard)
James P. Burtis
- Detective Hemmingway
- (as James Burtis)
Ernie Adams
- Barney
- (as Ernie S. Adams)
Victor Adamson
- Baggage Master
- (uncredited)
- …
Yakima Canutt
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
Henry Hall
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe feature version,running approximately 81 minutes, was edited from Chapters #1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
- GoofsIn Chapter 12 when Larry (John Wayne) carries a unconscious Frank Stratton (Edmund Breese) and puts him into their car. Larry then drives off to catch the Wrecker that is getting away in the Hurricane Express. Catching up to the train, Larry jumps from the car onto the train engine. What became of Stratton? He's no longer in the car.
- Quotes
Larry Baker: [speaking of the fatal crash] 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.
- Alternate versionsLike many other serials, this was later edited into a feature film version which eliminated approximately two-thirds of the original serial footage. Almost no footage from the middle chapters of the serial were used.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Action Heroes of Movies & T.V. (1989)
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The Hurricane Express
John Wayne is "Larry", an airline pilot who only just manages to land his plane in a field and rush to the scene of a railway accident in which his father, the driver, has perished. He is livid and when he discovers that this was sabotage, he determines to track down the culprit. Meantime we discover just who is behind these attacks - but that he has quite a legitimate axe to grind against an all-conquering railroad that rode rough shod over people and townships alike during it's construction. There's no doubt as to the conclusion of this feature film - a condensed version that is based around the first few and the last few parts of a twelve part serialisation, and it is largely filmed as if it were a silent movie with a sound effects disc running efficiently now and again in the background to liven it up. What dialogue there is, is delivered in a seriously stilted fashion suggesting the actors were reading cue cards just out of shot and so isn't the most natural. The photography is basic, but it's also quite exciting at times when it's on the trains and we are whizzing around at speed. I don't think this abridged version is particularly good nor memorable but I do reckon it could have made for quite an entertaining week-to-week serial with cliffhanger endings each time. It's watchable as a piece of low-budget cinema nostalgia - it illustrates gently that just as the plane is overtaking the train, sound movies are overtaking the silent ones.
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- El expreso de la muerte
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- Runtime3 hours 47 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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