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.
Unfortunately the movie Smashing Barriers is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | William Duncan | Producer |
| Directing | William Duncan | Director |
| Writing | R. Cecil Smith | Writer |
| Writing | C. Graham Baker | Writer |
| Writing | Cyrus Townsend Brady | Story |
| Writing | Albert E. Smith | Story |
