Hurricane Express

Starring:John Wayne, Joseph Girard
Studio: Unicorn Video
Product Type: DVD

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"Hurricane Express"
OK Serial, miserable video quality
"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video"

Hurricane Express
Starring: John Wayne
Manufacturer: Alpha Home Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000HXDEWQ
Release Date: 2006-10-24

Product Description

John Wayne follows the trail of a master saboteur known only as ""The Wrecker"" in 12 exciting chapters of this classic Mascot serial.

Customer Reviews:

"Hurricane Express".......2007-06-10

Service on order was great. I am a "train buff", and I remember this seriel as a kid at Saturday Matinees. What a shame the DVD releasing company used such terrible source materials - a 16MM print instead of the 35MM original. Interesting to see production techinques from that early sound era, but the bad print quality I can not forgive when going to a medium as high quality as DVD. Gladly swap it out for a better print source DVD. I worked my way through University as a Theatre Projectionist, and went on to work in the motion picture industry. I have high standards! Any feed back from other purchasers/movie/train buffs?
Antony Alan Botto

OK Serial, miserable video quality.......2007-05-08

This review pertains to the Alpha Video DVD, which clearly the previous review does not. The image quality of this DVD is about the worst I have ever seen and I therefore urge you NOT to buy this edition. The original print element is bad, and the video transfer looks worse than a VHS tape recorded on the slowest speed. I don't know how other editions compare, but I doubt they can be any worse. The serial is nothing special, although I might have enjoyed it more with a better quality DVD.

"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video".......2006-10-15

Passport Video and Koch Entertainment Distribution present "The John Wayne Cliffhanger Collection" (1932/33)
(Dolby digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s
when John Wayne took us up into the skies to exciting
adventures....some of the best cliffhangers ever to grace the Saturday Matinee
Screen...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye
with excitement...don't miss any of the John Wayne features loaded with action that will leave
you wanting more of his high adventures

First up is "SHADOW OF THE EAGLE" (1932 - B&W) (12 Chapters), under director Ford Beebe, produced by Nat Levine, original screenplay & story by Colbert Clark, Wyndham Gittens and Forbe Beebe....the cast include John Wayne (Craig McCoy), Dorothy Gulliver( Jean Gregory), Edward Hearn (Col. Nathan B. Gregory), Richard Tucker (Maj. Evans, company owner), Lloyd Whitlock (Green, a director), Walter Miller (Danby, a director ), Edmund Burns (Clark, a director), Pat O'Malley (Ames, a director), Kenneth Harlan (Ward, a director), Little Billy' Rhodes (Billy Little, the midget), Ivan Linow (Heinie, the strongman), James Bradbury Jr. (Henry, the ventriloquist), Ernie Adams (Frederick 'Pat' Kelly, the barker), Roy D'Arcy (Henchman Gardner), Bud Osborne (Henchman Tim Moore), YakimaCanutt (Henchman Boyle), Billy West (Bob, the clown ), Monte Montague (Callahan, Policeman at circus).......our story has seversal questions will The Eagle use sky writing to make threats against a corporation...can Edward Hearn who owns a travelling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle succeed in his evil plot against all that is good...will John Wayne who is a pilot go searching for the Eagle when Hearn's turns up missing....all of this and more await your viewing pleasure in a 12 Chapter Mascot Pictures thrilling serial adventure that is action packed. . . . . . . Special footnote, actor John Wayne once said, "Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West - the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a new territory. It took everybody out of their own little world - The cowboy lasted a hundred years, created more songs and prose and poetry than any other folk figure - The closest thing was the Japanese samurai. Now, I wonder who'll continue it...His performance as Ethan Edwards in "The Searchers" (1956) is ranked #23 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time...Of his many film roles, his personal favorite was that of Ethan Edwards from The Searchers (1956). Wayne even went so far as to name his son Ethan after that character...The inscription on the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to him in 1979 reads, simply, "John Wayne, American."...After meeting the late Superman star Christopher Reeve at the 1979 Academy Awards, Wayne turned to Cary Grant and said "This is our new man. He's taking over."...Turned down the role of Marshal Dillon on "Gunsmoke" (1955) because he did not want to commit to a weekly TV series. He recommended his friend James Arness for the role, and gave the on camera introduction in the pilot episode...I would like to be remembered, well...the Mexicans have a phrase, 'Feo fuerte y formal'. Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity."

Chapter Titles:
1. The Carnival Mystery
2. Pinholes
3. The Eagle Strikes
4. The Man of a Million Voices
5. The Telephone Cipher
6. Code of the Carnival
7. Eagle or Vulture?
8. On the Spot
9. When Thieves Fall Out
10.The Man Who Knew
11.The Eagle's Wings
12.The Shadow Unmasked

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. John Wayne (aka: Marion Michael Morrison)
Birth Date: 5/26/1907 - Winterset, Iowa
Died: 6/11/1979 - Los Angeles, California

Second film on the bill is "HURRICANE EXPRESS" (1932 - B&W) (12 Chapters), under director's J.P. McGowan and Armand Schaefer, produced by Nat Levine, original screenplay & story by Colbert Clark, Wyndham Gittens, J.P. McGowan, George Moran, Barney A. Sarecky and Harold Tarshis, musical score by Lee Zahler....the cast include John Wayne (Larry Baker), Tully Marshall (Howard L. Edwards, Railroad manager), Conway Tearle (Stevens, Railroad attorney),Shirley Grey (Gloria Stratton), Edmund Breese (Frank Stratton, Gloria's father), Lloyd Whitlock, (Walter Gray, Airline manage), Al Bridge (Carlson, Plainville station agent (as Alan Bridge), Matthew Betz (Tom Jordan, Railroad engineer (as Mathew Betz), Joseph W. Girard (Det. Matthews (as Joseph Girard), James P. Burtis (Det. Hemingway, Matthews, assistant (as James Burtis), Ernie Adams (Henchman Barney, Machine gunner (as Ernie S. Adams), Charles King (Henchman Mike), J. Farrell MacDonald (Jim Baker, Railroad engineer), Al Ferguson (Henchman Sandy, The "Wrecker's" pilot),Glenn Strange (Henchman Jim), Victor Adamson (Train passenger), Yakima Canutt (Henchman ), Eddie Parker (Co-pilot), Fred 'Snowflake' Toones (Sam, the Train porter)........our story opens with a villain known as "The Wrecker" who wrecks only the L & R Railroad trains...who is this evil character and why is he doing this...can John Wayne see through his many disguises, will this evildoers be stopped...don't touch that dial until the final chapter "Unmasked". . . . . .veterans character actors appear as the henchmen Ernie Adams, Charlie King, Glenn Strange and Al Ferguson. . . . . .check out this and more in a new book "Best of the Badmen" by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing. . . pick up your copy today. . . . .another great serial from Mascot Pictures, proves to be one of Wayne's most exciting performances.

Chapter Titles:
1. The Wrecker
2. Flying Pirates
3. The Masked Menace
4. Buried Alive
5. Danger Lights
6. The Airport Mystery
7. Sealed Lips
8. Outside the Law
9. The Invincible Army
10. The Wrecker's Secret
11. Wings of Death
12. Unmasked

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Glenn Strange (aka: George Glenn Strange)
Birth Date: 8/16/1899 - Weed, New Mexico
Died: 9/20/1973 - Los Angeles, California
2. Charles King
Birth Date: 2/21/1895 - Hillsboro. Texas
Died: 5/07/1957 - Hollywood, California
3. Al Ferguson
Birth Date:4/19/1888 - Rosslare, County Wexford, Ireland
Died: 12/04/1971 - Long Beach, Long Island, New York,
4. Ernie Adams
Birth Date: 6/18/1895 - San Francisco, California
Died: 11/26/1947 - Hollywood, California

Final serial is "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" (1933 - B&W) (12 Chapters), under directors Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer, produced by Nat Levine, screenplay and story by Colbert Clark, Bennett Cohen, Alexandre Dumas, Wyndham Gittens, Norman S. Hall and Barney A. Sarecky, musical score by Lee Zahler...the cast include John Wayne (Lt. Tom Wayne), Jack Mulhall (Clancy), Raymond Hatton (Renard), Ralph Bushman (Schmidt (as Francis X. Bushman Jr.), Ruth Hall (Elaine Corday), Lon Chaney Jr. (Lt. Armand Corday as Creighton Chaney), Hooper Atchley (El Kadur), Gordon De Main (Col. Duval), Robert Frazer (Major Booth), Noah Beery Jr. (Noah Stubbs), Al Ferguson (Ali), Edward Peil Sr. (Ratkin (as Edward Piel) William Desmond (Capt. Boncour), George Magrill (El Maghreb), Robert Warwick (Col. Brent), Yakima Canutt (El Shaitan, when masked/Legion Officer), Frank Ellis (Legionnaire), Kermit Maynard (Legionnaire). . . . . .our story is a good one from the pages of Alexandre Dumas, only this time set in the Arabian desert...our hero John Wayne does it all rescues Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton and Ralph Bushman, although Wayne has fourth billing and must prove himself throughout the 12 Chapters...the action is non stop and a physical film all through the perfected stunts of ace stuntman Yakima Canutt, who also trained Wayne to do most of his own stunts in this adventure...will the musketeers stop El Shaitan (who spouts "Death to the unbeliever") who is terrorizing the entire Mascot Picture lot....don't miss a single chapter of this exciting 1933 cliffhanger. . . . . special footnote, one of my favorite character actors was Raymond Hatton (1887-1971) who worked with Buck Jones, Tim McCoy and Johnny Mack Brown as Marshall Sandy Hopkins appeared from 1943 and made 45 films for Monogram Pictures...Hatton who first appeared on film in "Tragic Love" (1909-Silent/unconfirmed), "Oliver Twist" (1917), "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), "The Squaw Man" (1931), "Law and Order" (1932)...during the '30s & '40s he played the comical sidekick for Johnny Mack Brown and Bob Livingston...went on to join Buck Jones and Tim McCoy in the "Rough Riders" series...Hatton worked right up to his last film "In Cold Blood" (1967). . . ...check out this and more in a new book "Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" by David Rothel, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing. . . pick up your copy today

Chapter Titles:
1. The Fiery Circle
2. One For All and All For One
3. The Master Spy
4. Pirates of the Desert
5. Rebel Rifles
6. Death's Marathon
7. Naked Steel
8. The Master Strikes
9. The Fatal Cave
10. Trapped
11. The Measure of Man
12. The Glory of Comrades

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Raymond Hatton
Birth Date: 7/07/1887 - Red Oak, Iowa
Died: 10/21/1971 - Palmdale, California
2. Jack Mulhall (aka: John Joseph Francis Mulhall)
Birth Date:10/07/1887 - Wappingers Falls, New York
Died: 6/01/1979 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

BONUS FEATURE:
1. Hollywood Remembers: John Wayne - a tribute to the film career of the Duke (25 mins)

Great job by Passport Video for releasing "The John Wayne Cliffhanger Collection (1932/33), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s...order your copy now from Amazon or Passport Video where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure...just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 700 mins on 6-DVD's ~ Passport Video DVD #5890 ~ (7/11/2006)

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The Star Packer/The Hurricane Express
Starring: Tully Marshall , Conway Tearle , John Wayne , Shirley Grey , and Edmund Breese
Director: J.P. McGowan , Armand Schaefer , and Robert N. Bradbury
Manufacturer: Good Times Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005B1YU
Release Date: 2001-05-15

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The Hurricane Express
Starring: John Wayne; Shirley Grey; Joseph Girard; Conway Tearle; Edmund Breese; Charles King; Gleen Strange; Yakima Canutt
Director: J.P. McGowan; Armand Schaefer
Manufacturer: Reel Enterprises
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The Wrecker, a multiply-disguised master villain, continually sabotages and wrecks trains on the L & L Railroad to fuel the success of a competing airline service. In one of his earliest roles, John Wayne portrays aviator Larry Baker, whose father was killed in one of the "Wrecker's" train wrecks. He comes to the rescue of Gloria Stratton, whose father Frank is falsely accused of the crimes. They band together to track down the "Wrecker." Filled with death-defying action, stunts, and near-misses, this feature version of the serial is packed with high energy and excitement that surpasses many other films of the day.

John Wayne Serials: The Hurricane Express/Shadow of the Eagle

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"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video"
a set of 2 complete serials featuring John Wayne

John Wayne Serials: The Hurricane Express/Shadow of the Eagle

Manufacturer: Diamond Ent. Corp.
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ASIN: B0000BV21Z
Release Date: 2003-01-01

Customer Reviews:

"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video".......2006-10-15

a set of 2 complete serials featuring John Wayne.......2005-06-11

This budget-priced 2 DVD set features the complete Mascot serial "The Shadow of The Eagle" starring John Wayne portraying a pilot for a carnival who must help his boss when he's accused of being "The Eagle," a criminal who has been skywriting threatening messages to an evil corporation. There are elements of comedy at the carnival and a lot of action throughout and the complete "Hurricane Express" serial, also made by Mascot, which features John portraying the son of a murdered engineer on the Hurricane Express, the world's fastest train. His mission is to finish the train's run and capture the murderer who is known as "The Wrecker." This set is essential for any early John Wayne fan and any serial movie fan although it isn't restored on this set, with the finishing touch being the Roan Group's DVD of the complete "Three Musketeers" serial. For the low price listed above, you can get 2 complete serials and that alone is what makes this set released by Diamond Entertainment worthwhile.

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"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video"
The Hurricane Express...

Hurricane Express
Starring: John Wayne , and Joseph Girard
Manufacturer: Unicorn Video
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ASIN: B00062J0X0
Release Date: 2003-09-09

Customer Reviews:

"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video".......2006-10-15

The Hurricane Express..........2006-09-01

The Hurricane Express

This movie stars John Wayne with a lot of unknowns. It is a movie about planes trying to run the passenger train business out of business. Many of us have heard the term B movie. Well this perhaps maybe a Z movie. It is awful, the only way this movie could be worse is if you were first to watch a 3 minute intro by Leonard Molten, it's also 3 hours of a horrible movie. The only reason to own this move is if u are a John Wayne Fan as I am. It helps complete my collection and that's the only good thing I can say about it.

The Video
Well when its not jumping its dark. When its not dark its hard to see. When its not hard to see its back to just being dark. It's a horrible transfer for a horrible movie.

The audio
It's a mono track that skips jumps beeps and makes other sounds all thru the movie.

The Extra
Nothing.

Lone Cowboy: Lawless Frontier/Star Packer/Hurricane Express/Trail Beyond

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Lone Cowboy: Lawless Frontier/Star Packer/Hurricane Express/Trail Beyond
Starring: John Wayne
Manufacturer: Vintage Home Ent.
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ASIN: B0007VF20A
Release Date: 2005-04-05

Description

THE LAWLESS FRONTIER - An outlaw Zanti kills John Tobin's father, then attempts to kidnap Ruby and kill her grandfather Dusty, but Tobin intervenes just in time to put a stop to it.

THE STAR PACKER - U.S. Marshal John Travers is hoping to catch an outlaw chieftain known only as "The Shadow".

THE HURRICANE EXPRESS - "The Wrecker", a master of disguise, tries to sabotage the L. & R. Railroad to bolster an airline service.

Customer Reviews:

"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video".......2006-10-15

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"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video"
A THRILLER OF THE ROARING RAILS IN 12 CRASHING EPISODES!
A very early non-western John Wayne serial from 1932
Good old fashioned cliff hanger series

The Hurricane Express
Starring: Tully Marshall , Conway Tearle , John Wayne , Shirley Grey , and Edmund Breese
Director: J.P. McGowan , and Armand Schaefer
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ASIN: B0001CVASI

Customer Reviews:

"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video".......2006-10-15

A THRILLER OF THE ROARING RAILS IN 12 CRASHING EPISODES!.......2003-09-21

Oscar winner John Wayne stars as pilot Larry Baker, who makes an unscheduled landing in a vain attempt to prevent a railway collision that kills his father. As a result, he is fired for disobeying orders. His mission now, is to find out who actually was responsible for the wreck of he hurricane express, and to hand out justice for the death of his father. A Classic...

A very early non-western John Wayne serial from 1932.......2003-05-30

You have to go way back for this early John Wayne film; The Hurricane Express was actually a serial in 12 parts released in 1932. There aren't any cowboys or horses around for this adventure, but there's plenty of action. A baby-faced John Wayne plays an airplane pilot whose father, a train engineer, is killed when some fiend who calls himself "the Wrecker" causes the Hurricane Express to crash. Larry Baker (Wayne) swears that he will catch the man who killed father, but the Wrecker has a way of escaping time and again - this is due largely to the fact that he has a set of incredibly lifelike masks that allow him to pose as any number of characters, including Larry Baker. Baker's lady friend's father was "railroaded" (ahem) and sent to prison for embezzling from the company, and his recent escape puts him high on the list of suspects. Then there is the local airline boss who stands to profit from all of the railroad's troubles. Throw in a number of other likely suspects, and you've got a real riddle on your hands. Talk about action, though. The good guys and bad guys are constantly hopping from trains to cars to airplanes and back again. The very young Duke gets cold-conked on the head so many times I stopped counting, but you know John Wayne can't be stopped. All of this going to and fro, combined with the kind of film quality that naturally applies to a film from 1932, left me a little confused at times, and the whole deal with the masks felt a little Scooby Doo-ish, but overall I found The Hurricane Express a pretty entertaining experience.

Good old fashioned cliff hanger series.......1999-04-08

This is an early cliff hanger series that we used to see in movie matinees with a new segment every week. The series includes sequences with a Ford trimotor airliner and some good railroad sequences. On the tape version I have seen the video quality is only fair and often poor. However,it is fun and worthwhile.

AMC Criminal Classics: The Hurricane Express/The Lawless

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AMC Criminal Classics: The Hurricane Express/The Lawless
Starring: John Wayne , and Tully Marshall
Manufacturer: Genius Entertainment
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ASIN: B000A59QJQ
Release Date: 2005-07-19

Adventure Classics, Vol. 7: The Hurricane Express

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Adventure Classics, Vol. 7: The Hurricane Express
Starring: Adventure Classics
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
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ASIN: B000AGTQ1S
Release Date: 2005-08-23

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