United Kingdom / Jun 02, 1949
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Joyce Barbour | Aunt Mab |
| Campbell Cotts | John Fairfax |
| Cyril Chamberlain | Johnnie |
| Julia Lang | Carole Saunders |
| Percy Walsh | Editor, Evening Comet |
| Oliver Burt | Editor, Morning Sun |
| Kenneth More | Police Sgt. 'Bonzo' |
| Humphrey Lestocq | Radio Commentator |
| Vincent Ball | Hero in cinema sequence |
| Anne Valery | Heroine in cinema sequence |
| Michael Goodliffe | McPherson |
| Michael Balfour | Crook (uncredited) |
| John Boxer | Pub Landlord (uncredited) |
| Fred Griffiths | Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| Sam Kydd | Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
| Arthur Lowe | Archibald (uncredited) |
| Jack May | Newspaper Seller (uncredited) |
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| William Mervyn | Cinema Manager (uncredited) |
| Douglas Seale | Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited) |
| André van Gyseghem | Ex-Editor of Evening Comet (uncredited) |
| Jack Vyvyan | Hotel Porter (uncredited) |
| Patrick Waddington | Airline Director (uncredited) |
| Michael Ward | Hairdressers' Manager (uncredited) |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Stop Press Girl |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Aquila Pictures |
| Release date | 2 giugno 1949 |
| Production | Donald B. Wilson |
| Writer | T. J. Morrison, Basil Thomas |
| Editing | Sidney Hayers |
| Cinematography | Cyril Bristow, Arthur Ibbetson, Bill Allan |
| Assistant directors | Dicky Leeman, Michael Barry, Adele Reynolds |
| Camera operators | Arthur Ibbetson, Bill Allan, Cyril Bristow |
| Additional photography | Cyril Bristow, Arthur Ibbetson, Bill Allan |
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| Production design | Douglas Daniels |
| Art direction | Douglas Daniels |
| Set decoration | Douglas Daniels |
| Music | Walter Goehr, Leonard Trumm |
| Sound | Leonard Trumm, Walter Goehr |
| Costume design | Pearl Falconer |
| Makeup | Pearl Falconer |
| Hairstyling | Pearl Falconer |
Release dates
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