The Wrecker – 1928 | 70 mins | Crime | B&W

Plot Synopsis

The Wrecker is 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 enjoyment out of wrecking trains. Hero Roger Doyle (Joseph Striker) and heroine Mary (Benita Hume) are railway employees, and can’t figure out how the Wrecker manages to be in so many places at once. Eventually they discover that the villain sends out recorded messages to his various minions, one of whom reveals the truth. A climactic chase aboard a speeding train brings The Wrecker to a rousing conclusion. Copyright Hal Erickson.