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The Magnet

5.8

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Original title

The Magnet

Year

1950

Running time

79 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Charles Frend

Screenwriter

T.E.B. Clarke

Cast

Music

William Alwyn

Cinematography

Lionel Banes (B&W)

Producer

Ealing Studios

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

Johnny Brent (Fox), whilst off school in quarantine for scarlet fever, manages to con a younger boy out of a magnet by swapping it for an "invisible watch". He uses the magnet in a number of ways to gain an unfair advantage, for example by using it to control the pinballs on a pin table. He is believed by an eccentric iron lung maker to have given it away to charity, and a sequence of misunderstandings lead Johnny to be hailed as a hero; however, Johnny feels guilty about his deception and believes the police are looking for him, even to the point of believing that he is responsible for the death of a tuberculosis patient. He flees using the New Brighton ferry to Liverpool, where he conflicts with local boys, winning them over by convincing them he is wanted for murder, but returns home safely.

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The Magnet

1950

Charles Frend

5.8

(36)