The Magnet (1950) - DaaVeeDee

The Magnet (1950) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
75 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1950 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Charles Frend

Written By:
T.E.B. Clarke

Actors:
Stephen Murray ..... Dr. Brent
Kay Walsh ..... Mrs. Brent
James Fox ..... Johnny Brent
Meredith Edwards ..... Harper
Gladys Henson ..... Nannie
Thora Hird ..... Nannie's Friend
Michael Brooke ..... Kit
Wylie Watson ..... Pickering
Julien Mitchell ..... The Mayor
Anthony Oliver ..... Policeman
Molly Hamley-Clifford ..... Mrs. Dean
Harold Goodwin ..... Pin-Table Attendant
Edward Davies ..... Delinquent Youth
Keith Robinson ..... Spike
Thomas Johnston ..... Perce

Synopsis:

Gentle Ealing comedy about childhood, guilt and half-truths starring a young James Fox (then known by his real name, William Fox) as Johnny Brent, a mischievous boy who tricks a younger boy (Keith Robinson) into giving him his magnet in return for an 'invisible' clock. Having successfully obtained the magnet, Johnny immediately starts to feel guilty about his swindling behaviour. His guilt sparks a chain of misplaced assumptions that lead to a search being mounted for the boy, who has run away after becoming convinced that he is wanted for murder.

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.

A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 13 April, 2016.