Toy Story 5
2026 · Animation · Family
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Film / 1949
Stop Press Girl
Directed by
Michael Barry
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Sally Ann HowesJennifer Peters
Gordon JacksonJock Melville
Basil RadfordThe Mechanical Type
Naunton WayneThe Mechanical Type
James Robertson JusticeArthur Peters
Sonia HolmAngela Carew
Nigel BuchananRoy Fairfax
Joyce BarbourAunt Mab
Campbell CottsJohn Fairfax
Cyril ChamberlainJohnnie
Julia LangCarole Saunders
Percy WalshEditor, Evening Comet
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Oliver BurtEditor, Morning Sun
Kenneth MorePolice Sgt. 'Bonzo'
Humphrey LestocqRadio Commentator
Vincent BallHero in cinema sequence
Anne ValeryHeroine in cinema sequence
Michael GoodliffeMcPherson
Michael BalfourCrook (uncredited)
John BoxerPub Landlord (uncredited)
Fred GriffithsTruck Driver (uncredited)
Sam KyddRailway Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Arthur LoweArchibald (uncredited)
Jack MayNewspaper Seller (uncredited)
William MervynCinema Manager (uncredited)
Douglas SealeJeweller's Assistant (uncredited)
André van GyseghemEx-Editor of Evening Comet (uncredited)
Jack VyvyanHotel Porter (uncredited)
Patrick WaddingtonAirline Director (uncredited)
Michael WardHairdressers' Manager (uncredited)
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