The Wrecker

1h 14m
CrimeDrama
6.2

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.

Cast

Carlyle Blackwell
Ambrose Barney
Benita Hume
Mary Shelton
Joseph Striker
Roger Doyle
Winter Hall
Sir Gerald Bartlett
Gordon Harker
William
Pauline Johnson
Beryl Matchley
Leonard Thompson
Rameses Ratchett

Crew

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

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