The Hurricane Express is a 1932 American Pre-Code 12-chapter Mascot Pictures film serial. Written by Colbert Clark, Barney Sarecky, Wyndham Gittens, George Morgan, and J.P. McGowan, the serial was directed by Armand Schaeffer and J.P. McGowan and produced by Nat Levine. The Hurricane Express stars John Wayne as aircraft pilot Larry Baker. Wayne 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, the Porter (uncredited) Yakima Canutt as Henchman (uncredited)
The Hurricane Express is a 1932 American Pre-Code 12-chapter Mascot Pictures film serial. Written by Colbert Clark, Barney Sarecky, Wyndham Gittens, George Morgan, and J.P. McGowan, the serial was directed by Armand Schaeffer and J.P. McGowan and produced by Nat Levine. The Hurricane Express stars John Wayne as aircraft pilot Larry Baker. Wayne 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, the Porter (uncredited) Yakima Canutt as Henchman (uncredited)