Stop Press Girl
Stop Press Girl is a 1949 British fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Barry and starring Sally Ann Howes, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne; the latter two appearing in several different roles in the film.[2]
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| Directed by | Michael Barry |
| Produced by | John Croydon |
| Screenplay by | T.J. Morrison |
| Based on | an original story by T.J Morrison & Basil Thomas |
| Starring | Sally Ann Howes Gordon Jackson James Robertson Justice Kenneth More |
| Music by | Arthur Goehr |
| Cinematography | Cyril Bristow |
| Edited by | Sidney Hayers |
Production company | Aquila Film |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 78 min[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film was one of the four of David Rawnsley's films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of back projection.
Plot
Jennifer Peters is a normal girl except for one unfortunate trait. All the women in her family stop any mechanical contrivance that they travel in. As the film progresses, Jennifer stops her boyfriend's automobile, then a train she travels in without being aware of what she does. Tension mounts when a girlfriend takes ill and Jennifer takes her job; an air hostess on a Handley Page Halton aircraft, a civil conversion of the Handley Page Halifax, wartime bomber.
Main cast
- Sally Ann Howes as Jennifer Peters
- Gordon Jackson as Jock Meville
- Basil Radford as The Mechanical Type
- Naunton Wayne as The Mechanical Type
- James Robertson Justice as Arthur
- Sonia Holm as Angela Carew
- Nigel Buchanan as Rory Fairfax
- Joyce Barbour as Aunt Mab
- Campbell Cotts as John Fairfax
- Cyril Chamberlain as Johnnie
- Julia Lang as Carole Saunders
- Percy Walsh as Editor, Evening Comet
- Oliver Burt as Editor, Morning Sun
- Kenneth More as Police Sgt. 'Bonzo'
- Humphrey Lestocq as Radio Commentator
- Michael Goodliffe as McPherson
Critical reception
TV Guide called it "A British comedy with a premise that promises but never delivers";[3] whereas Allmovie wrote, "Stop Press Girl is admittedly a one-joke film, though that joke is a good one."[4]