The Wrecker (1933 film)

The Wrecker is a 1933 American Pre-Code action-romance film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jack Holt, Genevieve Tobin and George E. Stone. The screenplay was by Jo Swerling. The film was produced and released by Columbia Pictures.[1]

The Wrecker
Directed byAlbert S. Rogell
Arthur Black (assistant director)
Written byJo Swerling
Albert Rogell
Produced byRobert North
StarringJack Holt
Genevieve Tobin
CinematographyBenjamin Kline
F. M. Browne
Fred Dawson
Jack Russell
Edited byRichard Cahoun
William Lyon
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
July 10, 1933
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Critical reception

A contemporary review in Variety described the film as an "old-fashioned melodrama" that is "clumsily staged," with a "[s]tory [that] follows the lines of least resistance and the direction is loose," with the result being "suspense throughout is light, mostly puffing up suddenly and petering out as rapidly in the following sequence." With respect to the acting, the review notes "Holt's standard characterization," Tobin's and Blackmer's "perfunctory performances," and that "Stone's interpretation of the junk man is all right, but much of the dialog given him is not."[2]

Preservation status

References
  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Wrecker
  2. "Variety (August 1933)". Internet Archive. Internet Archive. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.212 c.1978 the American Film Institute


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