The Nervous Wreck (1926)

Plotzle Expert · E23 · March 24, 2026 · Romance / Adventure

Six plot descriptions for The Nervous Wreck (1926). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. An easily flustered botanist discovers a rare orchid in the Peruvian jungle and partners with a confident guide to document it but their expedition gets derailed when he accidentally destroys their only map.
2. A skittish mail clerk in Buenos Aires accidentally boards a cargo ship bound for Madagascar and becomes romantically entangled with the captain's adventurous niece while navigating tropical storms and port authorities.
3. An anxious piano tuner joins a bohemian theater troupe touring the Greek islands as their handyman and falls for their leading actress but keeps ruining performances with his clumsy attempts to help backstage.
4. A woman recovering from prescription pill dependency takes a job leading wilderness tours in British Columbia and finds unexpected romance with a clumsy journalist assigned to profile her rehabilitation program for a magazine.
5. A hypochondriac visiting Arizona for his health stops at a ranch, becomes smitten with the rancher's engaged daughter, holds up a motorist for gasoline with a monkey-wrench, and faces complications when recognized.
6. A perpetually worried cartographer gets lost during a surveying expedition in rural Iceland and relies on a local sheep farmer to guide him home while developing feelings that complicate his upcoming arranged marriage.