The Hurricane Express, 1932 (serial) Chapter 1: The Wrecker starring John Wayne

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.

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