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|---|---|---|
![]() | John Boulting | |
| Starring | ||
|---|---|---|
| Renée Asherson | Miss Tagg | |
| Richard Attenborough | Jack Carter | |
| Robert Beatty | Lord Beaverbrook | |
| Martin Boddey | Sitter in Bath Studio | |
| Edward Chapman | Father in Family Group | |
| John Charlesworth | Graham Friese-Greene | |
| Maurice Colbourne | Bride's Father in Wedding Group | |
| Roland Culver | 1st Company Promoter | |
| John Howard Davies | Maurice Friese-Greene | |
| Michael Denison | Reporter | |
| Robert Donat | William Friese-Greene | |
| Joan Dowling | Maggie | |
| Henry Edwards | Butler at Fox Talbot's | |
| Mary Ellis | Mrs. Nell Collings | |
| Marjorie Fielding | Elderly Viscountess | |
| Robert Flemyng | Doctor in Surgery | |
| Leo Genn | Maida Vale Doctor | |
| Marius Goring | House Agent | |
| Everley Gregg | Bridegroom's Mother in Wedding Group | |
| Joyce Grenfell | Mrs. Claire | |
| Robertson Hare | Sitter in Bath Studio | |
| Kathleen Harrison | Mother in Family Group | |
| William Hartnell | Recruiting Sergeant | |
| Joan Hickson | Mrs. Stukely | |
| Thora Hird | Doctor's Housekeeper | |
| Stanley Holloway | Broker's Man | |
| Patrick Holt | Sitter in Bath Studio | |
| Michael Hordern | Official Receiver | |
| Jack Hulbert | 1st Holborn Policeman | |
| Sidney James | Sergeant in Storeroom | |
| Glynis Johns | May Jones | |
| Mervyn Johns | Goitz | |
| Margaret Johnston | Edith Friese-Greene | |
| Barry Jones | Bath Doctor | |
| Peter Jones | Industry Man | |
| James Kenney | Kenneth Friese-Greene | |
| Ann Lancaster | Bridesmaid in Wedding Group | |
| Herbert Lomas | Warehouse Manager | |
| John Longden | Speaker in Connaught Rooms | |
| Bessie Love | Bride's Mother in Wedding Group | |
| Miles Malleson | Orchestra Conductor | |
| Garry Marsh | 2nd Company Promoter | |
| Muir Mathieson | Sir Arthur Sullivan | |
| A.E. Matthews | Old Gentleman | |
| Bernard Miles | Cousin Alfred | |
| Richard Murdoch | Sitter in Bath Studio | |
| John McCallum | Sitter in Bath Studio | |
| David Oake | Claude Friese-Greene | |
| Laurence Olivier | Police Constable 94-B | |
| Cecil Parker | First Platform Man | |
| Frank Pettingell | Bridegroom's Father in Wedding Group | |
| Norman Pierce | Speaker in Connaught Rooms | |
| Eric Portman | Arthur Collings | |
| Dennis Price | Harold | |
| Michael Redgrave | Mr. Lege | |
| Peter Reynolds | Bridegroom in Wedding Group | |
| Margaret Rutherford | Lady Pond | |
| Maria Schell | Helena Friese-Greene | |
| Janette Scott | Ethel Friese-Greene | |
| Ronald Shiner | Fairground Barker | |
| Sheila Sim | Nursemaid | |
| Oda Slobodskaya | Soloist at Bath Concert | |
| John Stuart | 2nd Platform Man at Connaught | |
| Marianne Stone | Bride in Wedding Group | |
| Basil Sydney | William Fox-Talbot | |
| Ernest Thesiger | Earl | |
| Sybil Thorndike | Sitter in Bath Studio | |
| David Tomlinson | Assistant in Laboratory | |
| Cecil Trouncer | John Rudge | |
| Michael Trubshawe | Sitter in Bath Studio | |
| Peter Ustinov | Industry Man | |
| Frederick Valk | Maurice Guttenburg | |
| Amy Veness | Grandmother in Wedding Group | |
| Charles Victor | Industry Man | |
| Kay Walsh | Hotel Receptionist | |
| Norman Watson | Doctor in Connaught Rooms | |
| Emlyn Williams | Bank Manager | |
| Harcourt Williams | Tom | |
| Googie Withers | Sitter in Bath Studio | |
| Joan Young | Glove Shop 'Dragon' | |
| Tony Adams | Boy | |
| Johnny Briggs | Youth | |
| David Coote | William | |
| George Crawford | Industry Man | |
| Norma Dale | Minor Role | |
| Alan Gifford | Industry Man | |
| Ned Hood | Industry Man | |
| Eveline Kirkwood-Hackett | Financier | |
| Hal Osmond | Conductor's Manager | |
| Sally Smith | Little girl | |
| Ian Wilson | Undetermined Role | |
| Carol Wolveridge | Screaming Child | |





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Australia release date: 1st August 1952
Sweden release date: 22nd September 1952
Finland release date: 31st October 1952
Hungary release date: 24th March 1955
Soviet Union release date: 25th January 1965
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