The Magic Box (1951)

Cast

• 
  Robert Donat
  as William Friese-Greene
• 
  Margaret Johnston
  as Edith Harrison
• 
  Maria Schell
  as Helena Friese-Greene

• 
  Robert Beatty
  as Lord Beaverbrook
• 
  John Charlesworth
  as Graham Friese-Greene
• 
  James Kenney
  as Kenneth Friese-Greene

• 
  Bernard Miles
  as Cousin Alfred
• 
  Joyce Grenfell
  as Mrs. Claire
• 
  Miles Malleson
  as Orchestra Conductor

• 
  Laurence Olivier
  as Police Constable 94-B (uncredited)
• 
  Michael Redgrave
  as Ledley
• 
  Eric Portman
  as Arthur Collings

• 
  Emlyn Williams
  as Bank Manager
• 
  David Oake
  as Claude Friese-Greene
• 
  Janette Scott
  as Ethel Friese-Greene

• 
  Richard Attenborough
  as Jack Carter
• 
  Basil Sydney
  as William Fox-Talbot
• 
  Kay Walsh
  as Hotel Receptionist

• 
  Renée Ashershon
  as Miss Tagg
• 
  Martin Boddey
  as Sitter in Bath Studio
• 
  Edward Chapman
  as Father in Family Group

• 
  Maurice Colbourne
  as Bride's Father at Wedding
• 
  Roland Culver
  as 1st Company Promoter
• 
  John Howard Davies
  as Maurice Friese-Greene

• 
  Joan Dowling
  as Friese-Greene Maid
• 
  Marjorie Fielding
  as Elderly Viscountess
• 
  Robert Flemyng
  as Doctor in Surgery

• 
  Leo Genn
  as Dacres
• 
  Marius Goring
  as House Agent
• 
  Everley Gregg
  as Bridegroom's Mother at Wedding

• 
  Robertson Hare
  as Sitter in Bath Studio
• 
  Kathleen Harrison
  as Mother in Family Group
• 
  William Hartnell
  as Recruiting Sergeant

• 
  Joan Hickson
  as Mrs. Stukely
• 
  Thora Hird
  as Doctor's Housekeeper
• 
  Stanley Holloway
  as Broker's Man

• 
  Patrick Holt
  as Sitter in Bath Studio
• 
  Michael Hordern
  as Official Receiver
• 
  Sidney James
  as Sergeant in Storeroom

• 
  Mervyn Johns
  as Goitz
• 
  Barry Jones
  as Bath Doctor
• 
  Ann Lancaster
  as Bridesmaid in Wedding Group

• 
  Herbert Lomas
  as Warehouse Manager
• 
  John Longden
  as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
• 
  Bessie Love
  as Bride's Mother Wedding Group

• 
  Garry Marsh
  as 2nd Company Promoter
• 
  A.E. Matthews
  as Old Gentleman Bond St. Studio
• 
  John McCallum
  as Sitter in Bath Studio

• 
  Richard Murdoch
  as Sitter in Bath Studio
• 
  Cecil Parker
  as 1st Platform Man at Connaught
• 
  Frank Pettingell
  as Bridegroom's Father at Wedding

• 
  Norman Pierce
  as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
• 
  Dennis Price
  as Harold
• 
  Peter Reynolds
  as Bridegroom Wedding Group

• 
  Margaret Rutherford
  as Lady Pond
• 
  Ronald Shiner
  as Fairground Barker
• 
  Sheila Sim
  as Nursemaid

• 
  Marianne Stone
  as Bride in Wedding Group
• 
  John Stuart
  as 2nd Platform Man at Connaught
• 
  Ernst Thesiger
  as Man

• 
  Sybil Thorndike
  as Sitter in Bath Studio
• 
  David Tomlinson
  as Assistant in Laboratory
• 
  Michael Trubshawe
  as Sitter in Bath Studio

• 
  Charles Victor
  as Industry Man Connaught Rooms
• 
  Harcourt Williams
  as Tom Workman at Lege & Co.
• 
  Googie Withers
  as Sitter in Bath Studio

• 
  Joan Young
  as Glove Shop "Dragon"
• 
  Henry Edwards
  as Butler at Fox Talbot's
• 
  Mary Ellis
  as Mrs. Collings

• 
  Jack Hulbert
  as 1st Holborn Policeman
• 
  Glynis Johns
  as May Jones
• 
  Peter Jones
  as Industry Man Connaught Rooms

• 
  Muir Mathieson
  as Sir Arthur Sullivan
• 
  Peter Ustinov
  as Industry Man
• 
  Cecil Trouncer
  as John Rudge

• 
  Norman Watson
  as Doctor in Connaught Rooms
• 
  Michael Denison
  as Reporter

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