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The Wrecker

The Wrecker

Géza von Bolváry

1929

  • Crime
  • Drama
6.3

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.

Cast & crew

  • Géza von BolváryDirector
  • Carlyle BlackwellAmbrose Barney
  • Benita HumeMary Shelton
  • Joseph StrikerRoger Doyle
  • Winter HallSir Gerald Bartlett
  • Gordon HarkerWilliam
  • Pauline JohnsonBeryl Matchley
  • Leonard ThompsonRameses Ratchett

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