The Wrecker (1929)

Director:

Géza von Bolváry

Writers:

Angus MacPhail (writer)
Bernard Merivale (play)

Release Date:

17 August 1929 (USA)

Genre:

Crime

Plot Keywords:

Railway | Train | Based On Play

Cast

  (Credited 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

Also Known As:

Der Würger (Germany)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

UK | Germany

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Basingstoke-Alton Light Railway, Hampshire, England, UK

Company:

Gainsborough Pictures

Trivia:

The film was made with extensive cooperation from the Southern Railway (of England); many of their engines and locations are seen.

Movie Connections:

Edited into The Ghost Train (1931)

Angus MacPhail's Screenwriting Debut

The 25 year old Angus MacPhail made his lucky break in this silent film where he adapted a play for the screen. It was the same sort of thing that Alfred Hitchcock was doing at the time and their paths would eventually meet over a decade later.