The Nervous Wreck

The Nervous Wreck

Al Christie's Great Joy Tonic

NR 1926 · 70 min · ★ 6.3 · Romance, Adventure, Comedy

Henry Williams, out in Arizona looking for a cure for his imaginary ills, stops at the ranch of Jud Morgan, and decides to stay. Jud's daughter, Sally, attracts his attention, although she is engaged to be married to Sheriff Bob Wells. Henry rides with her to town, where she wants to go shopping for her wedding clothes, but they run out of gas. No, problem' Henry holds up a passing motorist, with a monkey-wrench, and takes gasoline out of his car. They stop at a ranch where the foreman makes them become the cook and dishwasher. Then Jerome Underwood and his daughter, Harriet, arrive and they recognize Henry and Sally as the ones who held them up for gas. The jealous sheriff adds to the complications.

Directed by Scott Sidney · Written by F. McGrew Willis

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Harrison Ford Henry Williams
Phyllis Haver Sally Morgan
Chester Conklin Mort
Mack Swain Jerome Underwood
Hobart Bosworth Jud Morgan
Paul Nicholson Bob Wells
Vera Steadman Harriet Underwood
Charles K. Gerrard Reggie De Vere
Clarence Burton Andy McNab

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