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Smashing Barriers
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Smashing Barriers

1919-09-01 · 10 min · ★ 6.5

Adventure · Action

When sawmill owner Helen Cole is kidnapped by bandits, it falls on lumberjack Dan Stevens to rescue her, but "Wirenail" Hedges is not willing to give up without a fight. Originally a fifteen-episode serial, all that is known to survive of "Smashing Barriers" today is this single reel abridgment created for the home movie market in 1932.

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Directors
William Duncan
Production companies
Vitagraph Company of America
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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William DuncanWilliam DuncanDan Stevens
Edith JohnsonEdith JohnsonHelen Cole
Joe Ryan"Wirenail" Hedges

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