The Nervous Wreck
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Directed by | Scott Sidney |
Written by | F. McGrew Willis |
Based on | The Nervous Wreck by Owen Davis |
Produced by | Al Christie Charles Christie |
Starring | Harrison Ford Phyllis Haver Chester Conklin |
Cinematography | Alex Phillips |
Production company | Christie Film Company |
Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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The Nervous Wreck is a 1926 American silent comedy adventure film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver and Chester Conklin.[1] It is based on the play The Nervous Wreck by Owen Davis, inspired by an earlier story The Wreck by E.J. Rath. The play later became a musical on which the 1930 film Whoopee! was based and also inspired the 1944 film Up in Arms.
Plot
Wrongly believing himself to be suffering from a fatal illness, a Pittsburgh man sets out for Arizona but stops at a ranch for a meal on the way. There he is tricked into eloping with the daughter of the house, engaged to a local sheriff. The couple are subsequently pursued by the sheriff and the girl's father, and during a series of adventures he discovers that his poor health was all in his mind.
Cast
- Harrison Ford as Henry Williams
- Phyllis Haver as Sally Morgan
- Chester Conklin as Mort
- Mack Swain as Jerome Underwood
- Hobart Bosworth as Jud Morgan
- Paul Nicholson as Bob Wells
- Vera Steadman as Harriet Underwood
- Charles K. Gerrard as Reggie De Vere
- Clarence Burton as Andy McNab
References
- ^ Connelly p.182
Bibliography
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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