Stop Press Girl

Stop Press Girl

Stop Press Girl

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Stop Press Girl

1949

1h 18m

5.6(7 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.

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30 members

Acting

Sally Ann Howes

Jennifer Peters

Sally Ann Howes

Acting

Gordon Jackson

Jock Melville

Gordon Jackson

Acting

Basil Radford

The Mechanical Type

Basil Radford

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Naunton Wayne

The Mechanical Type

Naunton Wayne

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James Robertson Justice

Arthur Peters

James Robertson Justice

Acting

Sonia Holm

Angela Carew

Sonia Holm

Acting

Nigel Buchanan

Roy Fairfax

Nigel Buchanan

Acting

Joyce Barbour

Aunt Mab

Joyce Barbour

Acting

Campbell Cotts

John Fairfax

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Cyril Chamberlain

Johnnie

Cyril Chamberlain

Acting

Julia Lang

Carole Saunders

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Percy Walsh

Editor, Evening Comet

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Oliver Burt

Editor, Morning Sun

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Kenneth More

Police Sgt. 'Bonzo'

Kenneth More

Acting

Humphrey Lestocq

Radio Commentator

Humphrey Lestocq

Acting

Vincent Ball

Hero in cinema sequence

Vincent Ball

Acting

Anne Valery

Heroine in cinema sequence

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Michael Goodliffe

McPherson

Michael Goodliffe

Acting

Michael Balfour

Crook (uncredited)

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John Boxer

Pub Landlord (uncredited)

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Fred Griffiths

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Acting

Sam Kydd

Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

Acting

Arthur Lowe

Archibald (uncredited)

Arthur Lowe

Acting

Jack May

Newspaper Seller (uncredited)

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William Mervyn

Cinema Manager (uncredited)

William Mervyn

Acting

Douglas Seale

Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)

Douglas Seale

Acting

André van Gyseghem

Ex-Editor of Evening Comet (uncredited)

André van Gyseghem

Acting

Jack Vyvyan

Hotel Porter (uncredited)

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Patrick Waddington

Airline Director (uncredited)

Patrick Waddington

Acting

Michael Ward

Hairdressers' Manager (uncredited)

Michael Ward

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