| The Wrecker | |
| Director: | Albert S. Rogell Arthur Black (assistant director) |
| Producer: | Robert North |
| Starring: | Jack Holt Genevieve Tobin |
| Cinematography: | Benjamin Kline F. M. Browne Fred Dawson Jack Russell |
| Editing: | Richard Cahoun William Lyon |
| Studio: | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
| Runtime: | 72 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
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]
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]