The Wrecker

Directed by Géza von Bolváry
July 16, 1929    74mCrime, Drama
7.16.2
A criminal organizes train crashes to discredit the railway in favor of a rival bus company. The stunts in this film were groundbreaking for 1920s British cinema. A scene which has been described as "the most spectacular rail crash in cinema history" was recorded by 22 cameras.

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  • Carlyle BlackwellAmbrose Barney
  • Benita HumeMary Shelton
  • Joseph StrikerRoger Doyle
  • Winter HallSir Gerald Bartlett
  • Gordon HarkerWilliam
  • Pauline JohnsonBeryl Matchley
  • Leonard ThompsonRameses Ratchett
  • Géza von BolváryDirector
  • Arnold RidleyWriter
  • Reginald BerkeleyWriter
  • Edgar WallaceNovel
  • Bernard MerivaleWriter
  • Benno VignyWriter
  • Angus MacPhailScreenplay
  • Arnold PressburgerProducer
  • Josef SomloProducer
  • Hermann FellnerProducer
  • Oscar Friedrich WerndorffArt Direction
  • Otto KanturekDirector Of Photography
  • Arthur TavaresEditor

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