The Wrecker ( Der Würger )

The Wrecker (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Der Würger
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
141 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1929 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Géza von Bolváry

Written By:
Angus MacPhail
Bernard Merivale

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

American film star Carlyle Blackwell stars in the British melodrama THE WRECKER. Based on a play by Arnold Didley and Bernard Merivale, the story concerns the intensive search for the title character, a mysterious saboteur who gets his jollies out of wrecking trains. Hero Roger Doyle (Joseph Striker) and heroine Mary (Benita Hume) can't figure out how the Wrecker manages to be in so many places at once. Eventually they discover that the villain -- played, to no one's surprise, by Blackwell -- sends out recorded messages to his various minions, one of whom spills the beans. A climactic chase aboard a speeding train (a cliche, but an effective one) brings THE WRECKER to a rousing conclusion.

Geza von Bolvary directs this silent mystery thriller. After a series of devastating train crashes, the hunt is on for the villainous saboteur (played by American film star Carlyle Blackwell) who is plotting them. The film, which was thought lost for many years, features an early script from Angus Mac Phail, who went on to provide the screenplay for the 1949 classic ' Whisky Galore!'.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 06 July, 2012.

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