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The Nervous Wreck
1926 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.

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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.
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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
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