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      The Magnet

      1950, Comedy, 1h 18m

      2 Reviews Fewer than 50 Ratings

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      Movie Info

      Young Johnny Brent (William Fox) tricks another boy at his school into giving him a powerful magnet. When the magnet gets Johnny into trouble, he decides to give it away. He meets a medical inventor (Meredith Edwards), who is holding auctions for the hospital, and decides to give the man the magnet anonymously. As Johnny continues to feel guilty for taking the boy's magnet, he runs away to Liverpool, where the magnet comes back to him in an unexpected way.

      • Genre: Comedy

      • Original Language: English (United Kingdom)

      • Director: Charles Frend

      • Producer: Michael Balcon

      • Writer: T.E.B. Clarke

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

      • Runtime:

      • Production Co: Ealing Studios

      • Sound Mix: Mono

      Cast & Crew

      Kay Walsh
      James Fox
      Thora Hird
      Sidney Cole
      William Alwyn
      Lionel Banes
      Bernard Gribble
      Jim Morahan
      Anthony Mendleson
      Hal Mason
      Norman Priggen
      Stephen Dalby
      Sydney Pearson
      Jeff Seaholme

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