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The Hurricane Express (1932)

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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Gloria Martin / Gloria Stratton (as Shirley Gray)
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Frank Stratton
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Walter Gray
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Carlson (as Alan Bridge)
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Tom Jordan (as Mathew Betz)
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Detective Hemmingway (as James Burtis)
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Barney (as Ernie S. Adams)
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Mike
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Jim Baker
Al Ferguson ...
Sandy
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Storyline

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. Written by Ed Stephan <[email protected]>

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1 August 1932 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

El expreso de la muerte  »

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(12 episodes) | (edited for TV) | (DVD)

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1.37 : 1
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Trivia

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

Goofs

Throughout the chase/escape segment where the Hurricane Express, carrying a shipment of gold, is to be wrecked and robbed; the plane used to remove the wrecker from the train, bring the wrecker to his gang, chase the train to get the gold after Larry stops the wreck, and a couple of other scenes; continually changes from a single engine bi-plane to a dual engine monoplane. See more »

Quotes

Larry Baker: [driviing his father into the trainyard] Well, Dad, I got you here on time.
[indicating the Hurricane Express]
Larry Baker: There's your pride and joy just coming off the turntable.
Jim Baker: [talking to the engineer] Yes, siree, Steve. I'll take her down.
Larry Baker: Sure jealous of this old boiler, Dad.
Jim Baker: Why shouldn't you be, my boy. She's part of me. Maybe I'm just part of her. I don't know. I took her out on her first run, and I hope L'll be at first throttle when I make my last,
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cool trip back in time
15 September 2005 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I watched the eighty minute condensed version of this show and actually enjoyed it quite a bit. Unfortunately, the DVD i bought wasn't made from a great print(i would certainly buy a better one if could). Anyhow, it was a very fun trip back in time to the days when John Wayne was a young pup and Hollywood was becoming, well, Hollywood.

As you might expect the condensed version was very fast moving and there were lots of stunts, some really scary, like when Wayne or a double jumps from a moving car onto a moving train. Yikes!!! You had to be crazy to be a stuntman back in those days.

The story isn't really that much by todays standards but it makes for a pretty good little action film. The girl is cute and yeah I'm sure she and Duke probably saw some action between takes. Ha, why not? I'm sure that the entire serial would prob get boring so don't waste your time with that, the short version works really well. Hopefully you can get a better transfer though. Overall, this is a nice time capsule that takes you back to a earlier and more innocent America and Hollywood. If nothing else you might enjoy the vintage trains, planes, and automobiles. The DVD i bought included this movie and three more and i paid fifty cents for it at kroger. This movie was the second best behind Paradise Canyon which was a great movie and was made from a great print.


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