Smashing Barriers is a lostSmashing Barriers at silentera.com 1919 15-part 1919 American film serial directed by and starring William Duncan. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.
This serial was condensed down to a 6-reel feature and rereleased by Vitagraph in 1923 under the same title.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films -- listing for the 1923 rereleased feature film version from the 1919 serial
Cast William Duncan as Dan Stevens Edith Johnson as Helen Cole Walter Rodgers as Slicker Williams George Stanley as John Stevens Fred Darnton as Benjamin Cole Slim Cole as Long Tom Brown William McCall as Henry Marlin Joe Ryan as Wirenail Hedges Vincente Howard Dorothea Wolbert
Chapters The Test of Courage The Plunge of Death The Tree Hut of Torture The Deed of a Devil The Living Grave Downward to Doom The Fatal Plight The Murder Car The Dynamite Tree Overpowered The Den of Deviltry Explosive Bullets The Deadfall Trapped Like Rats The Human Chain (alternate title: "The Final Barrier")
Preservation status The complete original chapter serial is lost. An incomplete abridgement of the 1923 feature version survives with a private collector...Library of Congress Catalog
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Lobby poster, color Better resolution version of poster