The Wrecker

The Wrecker

74 mins | July 16, 1929

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.

The Wrecker

74 mins | July 16, 1929

The Wrecker
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.
Producers
Original title The Wrecker
Directors Géza von Bolváry
Writers Bernard Merivale, Benno Vigny, Reginald Berkeley, Angus MacPhail, Arnold Ridley, Edgar Wallace

Cast

Carlyle Blackwell

as Ambrose Barney

Benita Hume

as Mary Shelton

Joseph Striker

as Roger Doyle

Winter Hall

as Sir Gerald Bartlett

Gordon Harker

as William

Pauline Johnson

as Beryl Matchley

Leonard Thompson

as Rameses Ratchett