

8 votes
1949
1h 18m
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.
Directed by Michael Barry

Sally Ann Howes
Jennifer Peters
Gordon Jackson
Jock Melville
Basil Radford
The Mechanical Type
Naunton Wayne
The Mechanical Type
James Robertson Justice
Arthur Peters
Sonia Holm
Angela Carew
Nigel Buchanan
Roy Fairfax
Joyce Barbour
Aunt MabCampbell Cotts
John Fairfax
Cyril Chamberlain
JohnnieJulia Lang
Carole SaundersPercy Walsh
Editor, Evening CometOliver Burt
Editor, Morning Sun
Kenneth More
Police Sgt. 'Bonzo'
Humphrey Lestocq
Radio Commentator
Vincent Ball
Hero in cinema sequenceAnne Valery
Heroine in cinema sequence
Michael Goodliffe
McPherson
Michael Balfour
Crook (uncredited)John Boxer
Pub Landlord (uncredited)Status
Released
Release date
June 2, 1949
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English

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