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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| 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 |
