Drama
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
Directed by
John Boulting
Laurence Olivier
Police Constable 94-B
Richard Attenborough
Jack Carter
Peter Ustinov
Industry Man
Joan Hickson
Mrs Stukely
Maria Schell
Helena Friese-Greene
Glynis Johns
May Jones
Marius Goring
House Agent
David Tomlinson
Lab Asst
Michael Hordern
Official Receiver
Sid James
Army Sergeant
Margaret Rutherford
Lady Pond
Peter Jones
Industry Man
Robert Beatty
Lord Beaverbrook
William Hartnell
Recruiting Sergeant
Dennis Price
Harold
Michael Redgrave
Mr. Lege
Renée Asherson
Miss Tagg
Bessie Love
Bride's Mother in Wedding Group
Janette Scott
Ethel Friese-Greene
John Sharp
Film Society Member (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
Bride in Wedding Group
Stanley Holloway
Broker's Man
Leo Genn
Maida Vale Doctor
Barry Jones
Doctor
James Kenney
Kenneth Friese-Greene
Robert Donat
William Friese-Greene
Michael Denison
Reporter
Cecil Parker
1st Platform Man
Miles Malleson
Orchestra Conductor
Thora Hird
Doctor's Housekeeper
Ernest Thesiger
Earl
Robert Flemyng
Doctor
Garry Marsh
Company Promoter
Basil Sydney
William Fox-Talbot
Roland Culver
1st Company Promoter
Googie Withers
Sitter in Bath Studio
Kay Walsh
Hotel Receptionist
Mervyn Johns
Goitz
Eric Portman
Arthur Collings
Patrick Holt
Sitter in Bath Studio
Kathleen Harrison
Mother in Family Group
Peter Reynolds
Bridegroom in Wedding Group
John Stuart
2nd Platform Man at Connaught
John Longden
Speaker in Connaught Rooms
John McCallum
Sitter in Bath Studio
Ann Lancaster
Bridesmaid in Wedding Group
Sheila Sim
Nursemaid
Bernard Miles
Cousin Alfred
Edward Chapman
Father in Family Group
Charles Victor
Industry Man
Emlyn Williams
Bank Manager
Amy Veness
Grandmother in Wedding Group
Sybil Thorndike
Sitter in Bath Studio
Harcourt Williams
Tom
Joan Dowling
Maggie
A.E. Matthews
Old Gentleman
Joyce Grenfell
Mrs Claire
Robertson Hare
Sitter in Bath Studio
Joan Young
Glove Shop Colleague
Martin Boddey
Sitter in Bath Studio
Marjorie Fielding
Elderly Viscountess
Frederick Valk
Maurice Guttenburg
Jack Hulbert
Holborn Policeman
Richard Murdoch
Sitter in Bath Studio
Mary Ellis
Nell Collings
Ronald Shiner
Fairground Barker
Frank Pettingell
Bridegroom's Father in Wedding Group
Herbert Lomas
Warehouse Manager
Margaret Johnston
Edith Harrison Friese-Greene
Everley Gregg
Bridegroom's Mother
Michael Trubshawe
Sitter in Bath Studio
Maurice Colbourne
Bride's Father in wedding group
John Charlesworth
Graham Friese-Greene
David Oake
Claude Friese-Greene
Norman Pierce
Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Oda Slobodskaya
Soloist at Bath Concert
Cecil Trouncer
John Rudge
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