Directed by:
John BoultingScreenplay:
Eric AmblerCinematography:
Jack CardiffComposer:
William AlwynCast:
Renée Asherson, Robert Donat, Maria Schell, Richard Attenborough, Edward Chapman, Henry Edwards, Robert Flemyng, Leo Genn, Joyce Grenfell, Kathleen Harrison (more)Plots(1)
This biographical drama traces the life of inventor and British cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene, from his film innovations to his troubles at home. (Netflix)
Cast
![Eric Portman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247421_c52cae.jpg)
Eric Portman
UK
Best movies:
Freud (1962)
The Bedford Incident (1965)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Dennis Price](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272656_7a80e3.jpg)
Dennis Price
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
![Michael Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505326_dbf968.jpg)
Michael Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Browning Version (1951)
![Margaret Rutherford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387829_dc663a.jpg)
Margaret Rutherford
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Big Time Operators (1957)
![John Stuart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271479_6cecbc.jpg)
John Stuart
UK
Best movies:
The Magic Box (1951)
Superman (1978)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
![Ernest Thesiger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271467_50e517.jpg)
Ernest Thesiger
UK
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Man with a Million (1954)
David Tomlinson
UK
Best movies:
The Water Babies (1978)
Mary Poppins (1964)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Peter Ustinov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/315/163315852_48afc9.jpg)
Peter Ustinov
UK
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Spartacus (1960)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
![Harcourt Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/726/159726587_9dffce.jpg)
Harcourt Williams
UK
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
Hamlet (1948)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Joan Hickson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276194_0e05b2.jpg)
Joan Hickson
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
Man with a Million (1954)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
![Janette Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421424_cbba06.jpg)
Janette Scott
UK
Best movies:
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
The Magic Box (1951)
School for Scoundrels (1960)
![Googie Withers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000272_2bebe1.jpg)
Googie Withers
Best movies:
Shine (1996)
Night and the City (1950)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
![William Hartnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/488/488786_2c12cc.jpg)
William Hartnell
UK
Best movies:
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
This Sporting Life (1963)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
![Barry Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/479/161479175_c4b11f.jpg)
Barry Jones
UK
Best movies:
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
War and Peace (1956)
![Emlyn Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533912_2b1963.jpg)
Emlyn Williams
UK
Best movies:
The Citadel (1938)
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Marius Goring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948875_266d72.jpg)
Marius Goring
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Stairway to Heaven (1946)
![Garry Marsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307319_313292.jpg)
Garry Marsh
UK
Best movies:
The Magic Box (1951)
Dead of Night (1945)
No 17 (1932)
![Michael Hordern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527020_25ef13.jpg)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
![Mary Ellis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/464/158464095_85cbd5.jpg)
Mary Ellis
USA
Best movies:
The Magic Box (1951)
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
The Eligible Bachelor (1993) (TV movie)
![Richard Murdoch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538401_5c6526.jpg)
Richard Murdoch
UK
Best movies:
The Magic Box (1951)
Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
The Ghost Train (1941)