Movie: "The Magnet"
| Release Date: | Feb 1951 |
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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Runtime: | 79 min. |
| Cast: | Stephen Murray (Dr Brent) Kay Walsh (Mrs Brent) James Fox (Johnny Brent (as William Fox)) Meredith Edwards (Harper) Gladys Henson (Nanny) Thora Hird (Nanny's friend) Michael Brooke (Kit (as Michael Brooke Jr.)) Wylie Watson (Pickering) Julien Mitchell (Mayor) Anthony Oliver (Policeman) Molly Hamley-Clifford (Mrs. Dean) Harold Goodwin (Pin table man) Edward Davies (Delinquent youth) Keith Robinson (Spike) Thomas Johnston (Perce) David Boyd (Mike) Geoffrey Yin (Choppo) Joan Hickson (Mrs Ward) Grace Arnold (Mrs Mercer) Jane Bough (Sally Mercer) Bryan Michie (Announcer) Joss Ambler (Businessman) Sam Kydd (Postman) Russell Waters (Doctor) Thea Gregson (Nurse) James Robertson Justice (Tramp (as Seamus Mor na Feaseg)) Eustace Chelioti () Henrietta Cooper () George Drew () Clive Kendall () Gerard Scott () Leonard Williams () Jacqueline Worrall () Bruce Webster () Roy Gee () Eric Moorhouse () G. Tregoning () Jack Howarth (Auction Bidder (uncredited)) James Knight (Auction Bidder (uncredited)) Elsie Lowenthal ((uncredited)) Lance Secretan ((uncredited)) |
Storyline: A mixture of a psychological study of a ten-year-old boy, an English domestic comedy and a satire on psychologists finds young Johnny Brent, the only child of a pair of psychologists, trading an "invisible watch" to a much-younger child for a large magnet. His nurse/nanny accuses him of stealing and scolds him and he runs away. He soon convinces himself that the police are after him and following several unsuccessful attempts to get rid of the magnet, he presents it to an organizer of a fund-raising campaign for acquiring an iron-lung for the local hospital. The magnet is one of the auction items and finally is mounted on the iron-lung as a tribute to the unknown donor. Meanwhile, the father makes a completely inaccurate diagnosis for the mother of the boy's worries. In the end the boy meets the child he thought had died as a result of losing the magnet, and trades the boy back for the return of his "invisible watch" the gold medal the town mayor had given him for his part in the hospital campaign.
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