Smashing Barriers

Smashing Barriers is a lost 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.

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

 * 1) The Test of Courage
 * 2) The Plunge of Death
 * 3) The Tree Hut of Torture
 * 4) The Deed of a Devil
 * 5) The Living Grave
 * 6) Downward to Doom
 * 7) The Fatal Plight
 * 8) The Murder Car
 * 9) The Dynamite Tree
 * 10) Overpowered
 * 11) The Den of Deviltry
 * 12) Explosive Bullets
 * 13) The Deadfall
 * 14) Trapped Like Rats
 * 15) 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.