The Wrecker

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Release date: July 16, 1929
Duration: 74 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Carlyle Blackwell
Ambrose Barney
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Benita Hume
Mary Shelton
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Winter Hall
Sir Gerald Bartlett
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Gordon Harker
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