Stop Press Girl
| Stop Press Girl | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michael Barry |
| Screenplay by | T.J. Morrison Basil Thomas |
| Produced by | John Croydon |
| Starring | Sally Ann Howes Gordon Jackson James Robertson Justice Kenneth More |
| Music by | Arthur Goehr |
Production company | Aquila Film |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date | June 1949 (UK) |
Running time | 78 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Stop Press Girl is a 1949 British fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Barry and starring Sally Ann Howes, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne; the latter two appearing in several different roles in the film.[1]The film was one of four of David Rawnsley's Aquila Films that used his proposed "independent frame" technique.
Plot
Jennifer Peters is a normal girl except for one unfortunate trait. All the women in her family stop any mechanical contrivance that they travel in. As the film progresses, Jennifer stops her boyfriend's automobile, then a train she travels in without being aware of what she does. Tension mounts when a girlfriend takes ill and Jennifer takes her job; an air hostess on a Liberator airliner!
Main cast
- Sally Ann Howes – Jennifer Peters
- Gordon Jackson – Jock Meville
- Basil Radford – The Mechanical Type
- Naunton Wayne – The Mechanical Type
- James Robertson Justice – Arthur
- Sonia Holm – Angela Carew
- Nigel Buchanan – Rory Fairfax
- Joyce Barbour – Aunt Mab
- Campbell Cotts – John Fairfax
- Cyril Chamberlain – Johnie
- Julia Lang – Carole Saunders
- Percy Walsh – Editor, Evening Comet
- Oliver Burt – Editor, Morning Sun
- Kenneth More – Police Sgt. 'Bonzo'
- Humphrey Lestocq – Radio Commentator
- Michael Goodliffe – McPherson
References
External links
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