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<font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Magic Box <nobr>(1951)</nobr></b></font><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> John Boulting<p><b>Writer:</b> Eric Ambler<p><b>Based on a book:</b> <i>Friese-Greene, Close-Up of an Inventor</i> by Ray Allister<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/800/000083551/">Drama</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"></div><p><table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/312/000279472/"><font size=-1>Renée Asherson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-May-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Oct-2014</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Malta Story</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000023681/"><font size=-1>Richard Attenborough</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Aug-2014</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Gandhi</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/703/000123334/"><font size=-1>Robert Beatty</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Mar-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000101869/"><font size=-1>Roland Culver</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Aug-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Feb-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Dead of Night</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/365/000279525/"><font size=-1>Michael Denison</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Nov-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jul-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Shadowlands</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000063553/"><font size=-1>Robert Donat</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Mar-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Goodbye, Mr. Chips</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/264/000279424/"><font size=-1>Marjorie Fielding</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Dec-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>English stage actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/760/000136352/"><font size=-1>Leo Genn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Aug-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jan-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Quo Vadis</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/046/000136635/"><font size=-1>Marius Goring</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-May-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Red Shoes</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/357/000134952/"><font size=-1>Kathleen Harrison</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Feb-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Mrs. Thursday</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/752/000023683/"><font size=-1>William Hartnell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Apr-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>1st Doctor on <i>Doctor Who</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/349/000130956/"><font size=-1>Joan Hickson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Aug-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Oct-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Miss Marple</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000091761/"><font size=-1>Thora Hird</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-May-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Mar-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Talking Heads</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/729/000101426/"><font size=-1>Stanley Holloway</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Oct-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Passport to Pimlico</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000092404/"><font size=-1>Michael Hordern</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Oct-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-May-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Slipper and the Rose</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/712/000101409/"><font size=-1>Sid James</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-May-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Carry on...</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/087/000131691/"><font size=-1>Glynis Johns</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Oct-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Winifred Banks in <i>Mary Poppins</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/882/000278048/"><font size=-1>Mervyn Johns</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Feb-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Sep-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Dead of Night</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000134367/"><font size=-1>John Longden</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Nov-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Quatermass 2</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/556/000066358/"><font size=-1>Bessie Love</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Sep-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Broadway Melody</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/517/000279677/"><font size=-1>Bernard Miles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jun-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder of the Mermaid Theatre, London</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/607/000022541/"><font size=-1>Laurence Olivier</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-May-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jul-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Shakespearean actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/855/000278021/"><font size=-1>Cecil Parker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Sep-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Apr-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Ladykillers</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000277978/"><font size=-1>Eric Portman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Jul-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>One of Our Aircraft Is Missing</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000130933/"><font size=-1>Dennis Price</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jun-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The World of Wooster</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/400/000079163/"><font size=-1>Michael Redgrave</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Mourning Becomes Electra</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/052/000063860/"><font size=-1>Margaret Rutherford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-May-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The V.I.P.s</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000131349/"><font size=-1>Maria Schell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jan-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Heart of the Matter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/024/000091748/"><font size=-1>Janette Scott</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Day of the Triffids</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/909/000279072/"><font size=-1>Basil Sydney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Apr-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>English stage actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000108022/"><font size=-1>Ernest Thesiger</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jan-1879</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dr. Pretorius in <i>Bride of Frankenstein</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000205579/"><font size=-1>Sybil Thorndike</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Oct-1882</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>English stage actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/324/000094042/"><font size=-1>David Tomlinson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-May-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jun-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Mary Poppins</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000279265/"><font size=-1>Michael Trubshawe</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td 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