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The Wrecker (1929)

74 min · Crime, Melodrama, crime film, silent film

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Directors

Géza von Bolváry

Cast

Carlyle Blackwell, Benita Hume, Joseph Striker, Winter Hall, Gordon Harker

The story

A criminal referred to by the press as "The Wrecker" is orchestrating accidents on Britain's railways. One such accident occurs on the (fictional) United Coast Lines Railway, whose train is carrying Roger Doyle (Joseph Striker), who has retired from cricket to work on the railway. Roger survives, and reports the accident to his uncle, Sir Gerald Bartlett (Winter Hall), the managing director of the railway, and his assistant, the sly Ambrose Barney (Carlyle Blackwell).

Catalogue themes and tags

Breakdown Lorry, Kriminalfälle, Railway Car, Silent Movie, Wretch, Zug

Genres

Crime, Melodrama, crime film, silent film

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