The Wrecker
A director's nephew unmasks a manager as a wrecker of trains.
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"This was an interesting international effort in that it is a British film, financed by German interests, directed by a Hungarian and starring some Americans. It has a rather bizarre plot, in that the "Wrecker" refers to the proprietor of a motor-coach proprietor who is wrecking trains in order to gain more business. Our hero is an ex-cricketer who has joined his Uncle's railway company and when the wrecking happens, decides to solve the mystery himself without calling the police. This is the point at which one has to suspend disbelief. There is love interest and a bit of come..."
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The SR staged the climactic train wreck one Sunday near Herriard, on their Basingstoke - Alton branch line. The passenger cars seen are old enough ones that they were gaslit; the gas cylinders were emptied before the crash to avoid a fire hazard. The tracks were cleared and repaired in time for service to resume on Monday morning.
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A director's nephew unmasks a manager as a wrecker of trains.