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They Knew Mr. Knight

They Knew Mr. Knight

1945Movie⏱️ 1h 33m
Drama
6.3
IMDB Rating
114 votes

A random accident brings struggling businessman Thomas Blake into contact with Mr Knight, a successful financier. Knight encourages him to take risks with his money and his honour, and Blake discovers that all that glitters is not...

Director
Norman Walker
Writers
Victor MacLure, Dorothy Whipple, Norman Walker
Stars
Mervyn Johns, Nora Swinburne, Joyce Howard
Release Date
March 4, 1946
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 8
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Mervyn Johns
Mervyn Johns
as Tom Blake
Nora Swinburne
Nora Swinburne
as Celia Blake
Joyce Howard
Joyce Howard
as Freda Blake
Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood
as Ruth Blake
Peter Hammond
Peter Hammond
as Douglas Blake
Marie Ault
Marie Ault
as Grandma Blake
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Frederick Cooper
as Edward Blake
Grace Arnold
Grace Arnold
as Isabel Blake
Alfred Drayton
Alfred Drayton
as Mr. Knight
Olive Sloane
Olive Sloane
as Mrs. Knight

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
D&P Studios, Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production
G.H.W. Productions Ltd.

🏷️ Keywords

large familyparents and daughters relantionshipfamous man came into townfamous man is a show off manfamous man lend money

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

White Knight?
by bnwfilmbuff2017-04-18
8/10

"Mervyn Johns has a chance encounter with famous high-power financier Alfred Drayton, who takes a liking to him and eventually his entire family, much to their delight. The financier and his wife, Olive Sloane, assume an almost paternalistic role with the Blake family helping to facilitate the family's escalation in class as Drayton makes a loan to revive Johns' business. However, Johns' business struggles even though he puts heart and soul into it and he realizes that he can't make it and satisfy the family's desires of bigger and better things without moving out on th..."

💡 Did You Know?

Last film of Frederick Cooper who died before its release.

📖 Synopsis

A random accident brings struggling businessman Thomas Blake into contact with Mr Knight, a successful financier. Knight encourages him to take risks with his money and his honour, and Blake discovers that all that glitters is not...