The Wrecker

The Wrecker (1929)

Released: 1929-07-16 Duration: 1hr 14min
Genres: Crime Drama
Rating 6.2
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Overview

The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to discredit the railway, in favour of a rival bus company. The stunts in this film were groundbreaking for 1920s British cinema A scene wich has been discribed as "the most spectacular rail crash in cinema history" was recorded by 22 cameras.

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Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 1.898

Directed By

Géza von Bolváry

Crew

Director
Géza von Bolváry
Writer
Arnold Ridley
Writer
Reginald Berkeley
Novel
Edgar Wallace
Writer
Bernard Merivale
Writer
Benno Vigny
Screenplay
Angus MacPhail
Producer
Arnold Pressburger
Producer
Josef Somlo
Producer
Hermann Fellner
Director of Photography
Otto Kanturek
Editor
Arthur Tavares
Art Direction
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff
Presenter
Michael Balcon

TOP CAST

Carlyle Blackwell
Carlyle Blackwell

Ambrose Barney

Benita Hume
Benita Hume

Mary Shelton

Joseph Striker
Joseph Striker

Roger Doyle

Winter Hall
Winter Hall

Sir Gerald Bartlett

Gordon Harker
Gordon Harker

William

Pauline Johnson
Pauline Johnson

Beryl Matchley

Leonard Thompson
Leonard Thompson

Rameses Ratchett

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