Wrecker (1929)
1929 · Feature film · 70 min · dir. Géza von Bolváry
- Crime
- Drama
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Géza von Bolváry
- Writer
- Edgar Wallace
- Cinematography
- Otto Kanturek
- Released
- 1929-07-16
- Running time
- 70 minutes
- Language
- English
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 1929
- Tiffany-Tone
- Vitaphone
- Part-Talkie
- Pre-Code
- Tiffany Productions
- Vitaphone Disc
- Vitaphone Discs
Cast & crew
Géza von Bolváry Director
Carlyle Blackwell
Benita Hume- Joseph Striker
Winter Hall
Gordon Harker
Pauline Johnson
Leonard Thompson
Reviews on the Internet Archive
Title Correction · _Ingwer_ · 2025-12-04
The title of the film is "The Wrecker." When I type the title of the film into the search engine, this entry doesn't show up.
