The Wrecker (1929)
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.
Director:
Géza von Bolváry
Writer:
Angus MacPhail
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Carlyle Blackwell as Ambrose Barney |
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Benita Hume as Mary Shelton |
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Joseph Striker as Roger Doyle |
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Winter Hall as Sir Gerald Bartlett |
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Gordon Harker as William |
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Pauline Johnson as Beryl Matchley |
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Leonard Thompson as Rameses Ratchett |
| Directing | Géza von Bolváry | Director |
| Writing | Arnold Ridley | Writer |
| Writing | Reginald Berkeley | Writer |
| Writing | Edgar Wallace | Novel |
| Writing | Bernard Merivale | Writer |
| Writing | Benno Vigny | Writer |
| Writing | Angus MacPhail | Screenplay |
| Production | Arnold Pressburger | Producer |
| Production | Josef Somlo | Producer |
| Production | Hermann Fellner | Producer |
| Camera | Otto Kanturek | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Arthur Tavares | Editor |
| Art | Oscar Friedrich Werndorff | Art Direction |
| Crew | Michael Balcon | Presenter |
