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They Knew Mr Knight (film)

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Director
  
Norman Walker

Country
  
United Kingdom

5.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
English

They Knew Mr Knight (film) movie poster

Release date
  
4 March 1946

Based on
  
the novel by Dorothy Whipple

Writer
  
Victor MacLure, Norman Walker, Dorothy Whipple (novel)

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They Knew Mr. Knight is a 1946 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Mervyn Johns, Nora Swinburne and Joyce Howard. It was based on a 1934 novel of the same title by Dorothy Whipple. A man is sentenced to twelve months in Lincoln jail following his involvement in a share scam, plunging himself and his family into despair. However, by the time of his release he is able to face his uncertain future with fortitude.

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The film was made by Norman Walker's G.H.W. Productions, funded by the Rank Organisation, at Denham Studios. It suffered a financial loss on its release and it was the last of four films that Walker made for Rank.

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Cast

  • Mervyn Johns as Tom Blake
  • Nora Swinburne as Celia Blake
  • Joyce Howard as Freda Blake
  • Joan Greenwood as Ruth Blake
  • Peter Hammond as Douglas Blake
  • Marie Ault as Grandma Blake
  • Frederick Cooper as Edward Blake
  • Grace Arnold as Isabel Blake
  • Alfred Drayton as Mr. Knight
  • Olive Sloane as Mrs. Knight
  • Joan Maude as Carrie Porritt
  • Kenneth Kove as Coggie Selby
  • Frederick Burtwell as Mr. Berry
  • Winifred Oughton as Mrs. Greene
  • Tarva Penna as Mr. Greene
  • Patric Curwen as Mr. Porter
  • Muriel Aked as Lady Gilling
  • Anthony Holles as Station Master
  • Gordon Begg as Sims
  • Ian Fleming as Higgs
  • Sheila Raynor as Agnes
  • Pat Stevens as Miss Berry
  • Doyley John as Bobby Hewett
  • Alan Snart as Choirboy
  • Critical reception

    The Radio Times gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote, "director Norman Walker rather wallows in this glum middle-class morality tale. But he prudently cashes in on Johns's fretful features and the solid support provided by Nora Swinburne and Joan Greenwood, as his wife and self-sacrificing daughter."

    References

    They Knew Mr. Knight (film) Wikipedia
    They Knew Mr. Knight (film) IMDb They Knew Mr. Knight (film) themoviedb.org