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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1950 British film by Charles Frend</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">The Magnet</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Magnet_(1950)_film_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/The_Magnet_%281950%29_film_poster.jpg/220px-The_Magnet_%281950%29_film_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/The_Magnet_%281950%29_film_poster.jpg/330px-The_Magnet_%281950%29_film_poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/The_Magnet_%281950%29_film_poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="272" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Original UK quad format film poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Frend" title="Charles Frend">Charles Frend</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/T._E._B._Clarke" title="T. E. B. Clarke">T. E. B. Clarke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Balcon" title="Michael Balcon">Michael Balcon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Murray_(actor)" title="Stephen Murray (actor)">Stephen Murray</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kay_Walsh" title="Kay Walsh">Kay Walsh</a><br /><a href="/wiki/James_Fox" title="James Fox">James Fox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Banes" title="Lionel Banes">Lionel Banes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Gribble" title="Bernard Gribble">Bernard Gribble</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Alwyn" title="William Alwyn">William Alwyn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Color process</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Black_and_white" class="mw-redirect" title="Black and white">Black and white</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/Ealing_Studios" title="Ealing Studios">Ealing Studios</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_Film_Distributors" title="General Film Distributors">GFD</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>October 1950<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1950-10</span>)</span> (UK<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">78 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">£75,000<sup id="cite_ref-sue_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sue-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Magnet</b></i> is a 1950 British <a href="/wiki/Ealing_Comedies" class="mw-redirect" title="Ealing Comedies">comedy film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Frend" title="Charles Frend">Charles Frend</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Murray_(actor)" title="Stephen Murray (actor)">Stephen Murray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kay_Walsh" title="Kay Walsh">Kay Walsh</a>, and in his first starring role <a href="/wiki/James_Fox" title="James Fox">James Fox</a> (billed as William Fox).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was written by <a href="/wiki/T._E._B._Clarke" title="T. E. B. Clarke">T. E. B. Clarke</a>. A young <a href="/wiki/Wallasey" title="Wallasey">Wallasey</a> boy obtains a magnet by deception, leading to much confusion. When he is acclaimed as a hero, he is shamed by his own sense of guilt. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magnet_(film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eleven year old Johnny Brent is home from school during a <a href="/wiki/Scarlet_fever" title="Scarlet fever">scarlet fever</a> outbreak, but not making much attempt to stay isolated. He lives in New Brighton on the North West coast. After watching his father board the ferry to his work as a psychologist in Liverpool, he spends the rest of the morning playing on the beach. </p><p>He manages to <a href="/wiki/Confidence_trick" class="mw-redirect" title="Confidence trick">con</a> a younger boy out of a large <a href="/wiki/Horseshoe_magnet" title="Horseshoe magnet">horseshoe magnet</a> by trading it for an "invisible watch". The other boy's nanny is not happy with the swap and chases Johnny shouting, "thief". Johnny runs off and is almost run over by a car, as he spots a religious <a href="/wiki/Human_billboard" title="Human billboard">sandwich man</a> and sees this as <a href="/wiki/Divine_retribution" title="Divine retribution">retribution</a> prompting Johnny to get rid of the magnet. After an older boy uses the magnet to cheat at pinball and Johnny is implicated, Johnny continues to try to get rid of the magnet. He meets an eccentric <a href="/wiki/Negative_pressure_ventilator" title="Negative pressure ventilator">iron lung</a> maker who is raising funds for the local disclaimed hospital, and gives him the magnet in lieu of money. Later, the iron lung maker, is demonstrating his equipment in the middle of a seaside beauty contest, and tells the story of the gift of the magnet to the crowd, slightly embellishing for effect. The maker is prompted by Johnny's father to auction the magnet. The magnet goes for £40 but is refused by the final bidder. The maker goes on to tell the story of the magnet at other various fund-raising events, exaggerating wildly and portraying Johnny as everything from a <a href="/wiki/Little_Lord_Fauntleroy" title="Little Lord Fauntleroy">Fauntleroy</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Dickensian" class="mw-redirect" title="Dickensian">Dickensian</a> <a href="/wiki/Street_children" title="Street children">ragamuffin</a>, allowing the maker to re-auction the magnet continuously, finally achieving the goal of the cost of the iron lung. </p><p>On a train returning to school, Johnny sees the little boy's nanny and overhears her telling her friend about her budgerigar, which she says has died of a broken heart. Johnny mistakenly thinks she is talking about the little boy himself, and becomes convinced that he has caused the death of the boy. Various other things he overhears confirms his theory. His mum realises something is wrong and tries to make him feel useful. She sends him to the local <a href="/wiki/Maypole_Dairy_Company" title="Maypole Dairy Company">Maypole Dairy</a> on an errand. He is again startled by a policeman and hides in the back of a <a href="/wiki/Jacob%27s" title="Jacob's">Jacob's</a> <a href="/wiki/Cream_cracker" title="Cream cracker">cream crackers</a> van, which takes him to the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> slums, where he comes into conflict with the local boys. He wins them over by convincing them he is a fugitive from the police. They hide him in a building on the disused pier. He opens a tin of soup and eats some dry macaroni bought on the errand. </p><p>He saves the life of one boy who had fallen through a disused pier. The injured boy ends up in an iron lung made by the man to whom Johnny gave the magnet. When Johnny visits the boy, he sees the magnet mounted on the iron lung and is reunited with the inventor, who is delighted to have found Johnny again. Johnny is awarded the Civic Gold Medal. When he later re-encounters the original boy on the beach he swaps the medal for his old "invisible watch" and clears his conscience. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magnet_(film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Murray_(actor)" title="Stephen Murray (actor)">Stephen Murray</a> as Dr Brent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Walsh" title="Kay Walsh">Kay Walsh</a> as Mrs Brent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Fox" title="James Fox">James Fox</a> as Johnny Brent (as William Fox)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meredith_Edwards_(actor)" title="Meredith Edwards (actor)">Meredith Edwards</a> as Harper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladys_Henson" title="Gladys Henson">Gladys Henson</a> as Nanny</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thora_Hird" title="Thora Hird">Thora Hird</a> as Nanny's friend</li> <li>Michael Brooke (as Michael Brooke Jr) as Kit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wylie_Watson" title="Wylie Watson">Wylie Watson</a> as Pickering</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julien_Mitchell" title="Julien Mitchell">Julien Mitchell</a> as mayor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Oliver" title="Anthony Oliver">Anthony Oliver</a> as policeman</li> <li>Thomas Johnston as Perce</li> <li>Geoffrey Yin as Choppo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Hamley-Clifford" title="Molly Hamley-Clifford">Molly Hamley-Clifford</a> as Mrs Dean</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Goodwin_(English_actor)" title="Harold Goodwin (English actor)">Harold Goodwin</a> as pin-table man</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Hickson" title="Joan Hickson">Joan Hickson</a> as Mrs Ward</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joss_Ambler" title="Joss Ambler">Joss Ambler</a> as businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Kydd" title="Sam Kydd">Sam Kydd</a> as postman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Waters" title="Russell Waters">Russell Waters</a> as doctor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Robertson_Justice" title="James Robertson Justice">James Robertson Justice</a> as tramp (as Seumas Mor na Fesag)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production_and_casting">Production and casting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magnet_(film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production and casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Magnet</i> was filmed on location in and around <a href="/wiki/New_Brighton,_Merseyside" title="New Brighton, Merseyside">New Brighton</a>, Wallasey, <a href="/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula" title="Wirral Peninsula">the Wirral</a>, Cheshire, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, Ealing and at <a href="/wiki/Ealing_Studios" title="Ealing Studios">Ealing Studios</a>, London. Given its setting, however, authentic <a href="/wiki/Scouse" title="Scouse">local accents</a> are absent until almost the end of the film, in a scene filmed in the shadow of the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Cathedral" title="Liverpool Cathedral">Liverpool Cathedral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SOL_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chinese boy Choppo appears in this scene, which was unusual for the time in film, although there had been a significant Chinese community in Liverpool since the 1860s, but when he is called home by his mother in Chinese, explains this to his friends in a fluent Liverpool accent.<sup id="cite_ref-SOL_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/James_Fox" title="James Fox">James Fox</a> (then known as William) had appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Miniver_Story" title="The Miniver Story">The Miniver Story</a></i> earlier in the year, and this was his first starring role, at the age of 11;<sup id="cite_ref-CH4_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his performance was largely appreciated, being described by the <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a>'s reviewer as "certainly lively enough as the over-imaginative Johnny".<sup id="cite_ref-SOL_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stalwarts of Ealing's <a href="/wiki/Repertory" class="mw-redirect" title="Repertory">repertory</a> ensemble, however, such as <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Holloway" title="Stanley Holloway">Stanley Holloway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a>, were absent, although <a href="/wiki/James_Robertson_Justice" title="James Robertson Justice">James Robertson Justice</a> made a small appearance as a tramp, using a <a href="/wiki/Goidelic_languages" title="Goidelic languages">Gaelic</a> pseudonym;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the time he was a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General Election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magnet_(film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin" title="The Monthly Film Bulletin">The Monthly Film Bulletin</a></i> wrote: "The plot of <i>The Magnet</i> is not allowed to develop naturally, but is carried through a whole series of improbable coincidences and misunderstandings. The attitude to children, too, is less natural than determinedly avuncular and whimsical, and Charles Prend has been unable to make William Fox (Johnny) appear very much of an actor. The same artificiality is apparent in the film's humour; the story departs from the adventures of the child to include a number of conventional jokes at the expense of such familiar targets as psychiatry, domestic difficulties, and the Labour Government. These defects and confusions in the script apart, the film might still have been knit together by strong direction. <i>The Magnet</i>, however, lacks both style and unity; even the location work seems flat, and it is only in some scenes on the beach that the picture really achieves a sense of atmosphere."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Halliwell" title="Leslie Halliwell">Leslie Halliwell</a> described it as a "very mild Ealing comedy, not really up to snuff".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959</i> <a href="/wiki/David_Quinlan_(film_critic)" title="David Quinlan (film critic)">David Quinlan</a> rated the film as "average", writing: "Slow picture has some charm, is finally too improbable."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a>'s reviewer criticised it as "somewhat burdened by cumbersome moralising and too many credibility-stretching coincidences and misunderstandings" and described it as "an attempt to revisit the success of Clarke's earlier <i><a href="/wiki/Hue_and_Cry_(film)" title="Hue and Cry (film)">Hue and Cry</a></i>".<sup id="cite_ref-SOL_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Channel 4 described it as "a mild-mannered affair and the comedy gives way to a decidedly poignant conclusion".<sup id="cite_ref-CH4_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film was a box office disappointment.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magnet_(film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Times, 19 October 1950, page 2: First advertisement for <i>The Magnet</i> at Odeon Leicester Square, London</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sue-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sue_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style 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Oxford University Press USA. p. 285.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Cinema+of+The+1950s+The+Decline+of+Deference&rft.pages=285&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press+USA&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Harper&rft.aufirst=Sue&rft.au=Porter%2C+Vincent&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Magnet+%28film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150038026">"The Magnet"</a>. <i>British Film Institute Collections Search</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 April</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Magnet+Movie+Review+%281950%29+from+Channel+4+Film&rft.pub=Channel+4&rft.aulast=Fortgang&rft.aufirst=Jon&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.channel4.com%2Ffilm%2Freviews%2Ffilm.jsp%3Fid%3D133179%26section%3Dreview&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Magnet+%28film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alleged to mean "Big James with the beard":<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433150/">"James Robertson Justice"</a>. <a href="/wiki/IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 April</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=James+Robertson+Justice&rft.pub=www.electricscotland.com&rft.aulast=Watson&rft.aufirst=Howard&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electricscotland.com%2Fhistory%2Fother%2Fjustice_james.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Magnet+%28film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305811121/5B1393E2A4B2404BPQ/1">"The Magnet"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin" title="The Monthly Film Bulletin">The Monthly Film Bulletin</a></i>. <b>17</b> (193): 167. 1 January 1950 – via ProQuest.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Monthly+Film+Bulletin&rft.atitle=The+Magnet&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=193&rft.pages=167&rft.date=1950-01-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1305811121%2F5B1393E2A4B2404BPQ%2F1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Magnet+%28film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHalliwell1997" class="citation book cs1">Halliwell, Leslie (1997). John Walker (ed.). <i>Halliwell's Film and Video Guide</i>. <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>. p. 466. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00-638779-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-00-638779-9"><bdi>0-00-638779-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Halliwell%27s+Film+and+Video+Guide&rft.pages=466&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-00-638779-9&rft.aulast=Halliwell&rft.aufirst=Leslie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Magnet+%28film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFQuinlan1984" class="citation book cs1">Quinlan, David (1984). <i>British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Batsford_Books" title="Batsford Books">B.T. Batsford Ltd.</a> p. 342. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-1874-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-1874-5"><bdi>0-7134-1874-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Sound+Films%3A+The+Studio+Years+1928%E2%80%931959&rft.place=London&rft.pages=342&rft.pub=B.T.+Batsford+Ltd.&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=0-7134-1874-5&rft.aulast=Quinlan&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Magnet+%28film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xtGIAgAAQBAJ&dq=hungry+hill+film+box+office&pg=PA209">Robert Murphy, <i>Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48</i> 2003 p212</a></span> 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