Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped by Nell Gwynn, he succeeds after encounters with a castle ghost and custard pies.
Director: Walter Forde
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Margaret Lockwood as Nell Gwynne |
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Jerry Desmonde as Col. Lovelace |
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Jack McNaughton as Uriah Group |
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Brian Worth as Tom Pride |
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Edmund Willard as Oliver Cromwell |
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Mary Clare as Milady Doverhouse |
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Alfie Dean as Murdercasket |
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Anthony Hulme as Charles II |
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Miles Malleson as Judge Gorebucket |
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Irene Handl as Lady Agnes |
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Joan Young as Maggie |
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Claude Hulbert as Sylvester Clutterbuck |
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Michael Brennan as Brother Barebones |
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Peter Bull as Mosspot |
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Vincent Holman as Lord Doverhouse |
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John Salew as Smug |
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Diana Hope as Lady Dolly |
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June Devon as Maria |
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Laurence Baskcomb as Lord Bynge |
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Anne Holland as Lady Bynge |
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Anne Valery as Hope |
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Valerie Wynne as Dorothy |
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Bruce Walker as Lovelace's Servant |
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Charles Paton as Mine Host |
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Walter Horsbrugh as Sir Seymour Simon |
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Ernest Metcalfe as Potman |
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Richard Dunn as Usher |
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Francis de Wolff as Soldier |
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Hector MacGregor as Tower Soldier |
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Wensley Pithey as Jailer |
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Alan Adair as Courtier |
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Edie Martin as Argumentative Old Woman (uncredited) |
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Patrick Troughton as Executed Man (uncredited) |
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Sid Field as Sidcup Buttermeadow |
| Production | Walter Forde | Producer |
| Sound | Lambert Williamson | Music |
| Editing | Alan Jaggs | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eleanor Abbey | Costume Design |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Writing | Noel Langley | Writer |
| Directing | Walter Forde | Director |
| Art | Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Camera | H. A. R. Thomson | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Eric Wood | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Sforzini | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sound | Reg Barnes Heath | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Roy Goddard | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Francis Carver | Special Effects |
| Production | Frank Bevis | Production Manager |
| Crew | Bryan Langley | Special Effects |
| Directing | Tilly Day | Continuity |
| Sound | Desmond Dew | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivienne Walker | Hair Supervisor |
| Production | Culley Forde | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Anthony Hearne | Second Unit Director |