The Nervous Wreck

The Nervous Wreck

70 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance | Oct. 9, 1926

Henry Williams, out in Arizona looking for a cure for his imaginary ills, stops at the ranch of Jud Morgan, and decides to stay. Jud's daughter, Sally, attracts his attention, although she is engaged to be married to Sheriff Bob Wells. Henry rides with her to town, where she wants to go shopping for her wedding clothes, but they run out of gas. No, problem' Henry holds up a passing motorist, with a monkey-wrench, and takes gasoline out of his car. They stop at a ranch where the foreman makes them become the cook and dishwasher. Then Jerome Underwood and his daughter, Harriet, arrive and they recognize Henry and Sally as the ones who held them up for gas. The jealous sheriff adds to the complications.

The Nervous Wreck

70 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance | Oct. 9, 1926

The Nervous Wreck
Henry Williams, out in Arizona looking for a cure for his imaginary ills, stops at the ranch of Jud Morgan, and decides to stay. Jud's daughter, Sally, attracts his attention, although she is engaged to be married to Sheriff Bob Wells. Henry rides with her to town, where she wants to go shopping for her wedding clothes, but they run out of gas. No, problem' Henry holds up a passing motorist, with a monkey-wrench, and takes gasoline out of his car. They stop at a ranch where the foreman makes them become the cook and dishwasher. Then Jerome Underwood and his daughter, Harriet, arrive and they recognize Henry and Sally as the ones who held them up for gas. The jealous sheriff adds to the complications.
Producers Christie Film Company
Original title The Nervous Wreck
Directors Scott Sidney
Writers E.J. Rath, F. McGrew Willis

Cast

Harrison Ford

as Henry Williams

Phyllis Haver

as Sally Morgan

Chester Conklin

as Mort

Mack Swain

as Jerome Underwood

Hobart Bosworth

as Jud Morgan

Paul Nicholson

as Bob Wells

Vera Steadman

as Harriet Underwood

Charles K. Gerrard

as Reggie De Vere

Clarence Burton

as Andy McNab