The Winslow Boy (1949)
- Starring:
- Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Anthony Asquith
- Format(s):
Synopsis of The Winslow Boy
Based on the infamous Archer-Shee case of 1912, The Winslow Boy features Neil North as the 14-year-old title character. Accused of a petty theft, North is expelled from Naval College. His father, retired bank official Sir Cedric Hardwycke, is prevented by existing British law to clear his son's name. He engages attorney Robert Donat, who successfully petitions for the right to sue the Admiralty and make this august organization prove its charges in court. Public opinion, however, is strongly against Hardwycke and his family: particularly effected is Hardwycke's daughter Margaret Leighton, whose fiance breaks off their engagement. For dramatic purposes, Margaret finds solace in a romantic relationship with barrister Donat. Terrence Rattigan worked on the cinemadaptation of his own play, which was later restaged on American television. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Winslow Boy
- Robert Donat - Sir Robert Morton
- Cedric Hardwicke - Arthur Winslow
- Basil Radford - Esmond Curry
- Jack Watling - Dickie Winslow
- Francis L. Sullivan - Attorney General
- Walter Fitzgerald - 1st Lord
- Lewis Casson - Adm. Springfield
- Beatrice Marsden - Cook
- Marie Lohr - Grace Winslow
- Noel Howlett - Mr. Williams
- Mary Hinton - Mrs. Elliott
- Charles Groves - Clerk of the Court
- Evelyn Roberts - Hamilton MP
- Cecil Bevan - Speaker
- Mona Washbourne - Miss Barnes
- Bill Shine - Fred
- Kynaston Reeves - Lord Chief Justice
- Dandy Nichols - Miss Hawkins
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Wilkinson
- Ian Colin - Mr. Saunders
- Vera Cook - Violet's friend
- Wilfred Caithness - Minister
- Margaret Leighton - Catherine Winslow
- Neil North - Ronnie Winslow
- Kathleen Harrison - Violet
- Frank Lawton - John Watherstone
- Nicholas Hannen - Col. Watherstone
- Ernst Thesiger - Mr. Ridgeley-Pearce
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Mr. Ridgeley-Pearce
- Aubrey Mallalieu - Mr. Roberts
- Edward Lexy - First Elderly Member (Smoking Room)
- Stanley Holloway - Comedian
- Nicholas Hawtrey - Charles Elliott
- Ivan Samson - Commander Flower
- Hilary Pritchard - Dr. Anstruther
- Margaret Withers - Mrs. Jordan
- Frank Tickle - Mr. Gunn
- Cyril Ritchard - Comedian
- Philip Ray - 1st Speaking Member
- Gordon McLeod - Elderly Member
- Archibald Batty - Elderly Member
- Hugh Dempster - Agricultural Member
- George Bishop - Usher
- Director(s):
- Anthony Asquith
- Writer(s):
- Anatole de Grunwald, Terence Rattigan, Anthony Asquith
- Producer(s):
- Anatole de Grunwald
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