The Magnet (1950)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Dr Brent

      Stephen Murray

    • Mrs Brent

      Kay Walsh

    • Adam Harper

      Meredith Edwards

    • Nannie

      Gladys Henson

    • Pickering

      Wylie Watson

    • Nannie's friend

      Thora Hird

    • Mayor James Hancock

      Julien Mitchell

    • Johnny Brent

      Fox, William

    • Spike

      Keith Robinson

    • Perce

      Thomas Johnston

    • Mike

      David Boyd

    • Choppo

      Geoffrey Yin

    • Kit

      Michael Brooke Jr

    • policeman

      Anthony Oliver

    • Mrs Dean

      Molly Hamley-Clifford

    • pin-table attendant

      Harold Goodwin

    • delinquent youth

      Edward Davies

    • Mrs Ward

      Joan Hickson

    • Mrs Mercer

      Grace Arnold

    • Sally Mercer

      Jane Bough

    • announcer

      Bryan Michie

    • business man on train

      Joss Ambler

    • postman

      Sam Kydd

    • doctor

      Russell Waters

    • nurse

      Gregson, Thea

    • tramp

      Seumas Mor Na Feasag

    • .

      Elsie Lowenthal

    • .

      Eustace Chelioti

    • .

      Henrietta Cooper

    • .

      George Drew

    • .

      Clive Kendall

    • .

      Gerard Scott

    • .

      Leonard Williams

    • .

      Jacqueline Worrall

    • .

      Bruce Webster

    • .

      Roy Gee

    • .

      Eric Moorehouse

    • .

      G. Tregoning

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Charles Frend

    • Assistant Director

      Norman Priggen

    • [Assistant Director (2nd)]

      John Meadows

    • [Assistant Director (3rd)]

      John Assig

    • Continuity

      Phyllis Crocker

    Rights:

    • ©

      Ealing Studios Ltd.

    Production:

    • An Ealing Studios Production

      Ealing Studios

    • Released through

      General Film Distributors

    • Presents

      The J. Arthur Rank Organisation

    • Produced by

      Michael Balcon

    • Associate Producer

      Sidney Cole

    • Unit Production Manager

      L.C. Rudkin

    • [Studio Manager]

      Baynham Honri

    • Production Supervisor

      Hal Mason

    • [Production Secretary]

      Felicia Manheim

    • Made at

      Ealing Studios

    Casting:

    • [Casting]

      Margaret Harper Nelson

    • [Crowd Casting]

      Muriel Cole

    Writing:

    • Original Screenplay by

      T.E.B. Clarke

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Lionel Banes

    • Camera Operator

      Jeff Seaholme

    • [Focus Puller]

      Hugh Wilson

    • [Clapper Loader]

      Michael Shepherd

    • [Chief Electrician]

      Jack Ford

    • [Floor Electrician]

      Bert Spurgeon

    • [Camera Grips]

      Ted Lockhart

    Stills:

    • [Stills Supervisor]

      Jack Dooley

    • [Stills]

      Bob Penn

    Special Effects:

    • Special Processes

      Geoffrey Dickinson

    • Special Effects

      Pearson, Sydney

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Bernard Gribble

    • [Assistant Editor]

      David Green

    • [Assistant Editor (2nd)]

      Lionel Selwyn

    Design:

    • Art Director

      Jim Morahan

    • [Assistant Art Director (Studio)]

      Len Wills

    • [Assistant Art Director (Location)]

      Bert Davey

    • [Set Dresser]

      Andrew Low

    • [Production Buyer]

      Fred Lacey

    • [Property Master]

      Bob Tull

    • [Floor Props]

      G. Beavan

    • [Floor Props]

      Wally Hill

    • [Floor Props]

      Patrick Weymouth

    • [Construction Manager]

      George Speller

    Costumes:

    • Costume Designer

      Anthony Mendleson

    • Miss Kay Walsh's Clothes by

      Spectator Sports Ltd

    • [Wardrobe Master]

      Ernest Farrar

    • [Men's Wardrobe Assistant]

      Ben Foster

    • [Ladies' Wardrobe]

      Lily Payne

    Make-up:

    • Make-up

      Wilton, H.

    • Make-up

      Harry Frampton

    • [Make-up Supervisor]

      Ernest Taylor

    • Hairdressing

      Daphne Martin

    • [Hairdressing Supervisor]

      Barbara Barnard

    Music:

    • Music by

      William Alwyn

    • [Music] Played by

      The Philharmonia Orchestra

    • [Music] Conducted by

      Ernest Irving

    Sound:

    • Sound Supervisor

      Stephen Dalby

    • Recordist

      Hammond, Leslie

    • [Sound Camera Operator]

      Eric Stockl

    • [Sound Maintenance]

      George Widdows

    • Sound System

      RCA Sound System

    • [Boom Operator]

      Cyril Swern

    Publicity:

    • [Publicity]

      Pat O'Connor

    • [Publicity]

      John Newnham