Forbidden (1949)
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
Director: George King
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Douglass Montgomery as Jim Harding |
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Hazel Court as Jane Thompson |
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Patricia Burke as Diana Harding |
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Garry Marsh as Jerry Burns |
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Ronald Shiner as Dan Collins |
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Kenneth Griffith as Johnny |
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Eliot Makeham as Pop Thompson |
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Frederick Leister as Dr. Franklin |
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Richard Bird as Jennings |
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Michael Medwin as Cabby |
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Peggy Ann Clifford as Millie |
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Peter Jones as Pete |
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Erik Chitty as Schofield |
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Sam Kydd as Joe |
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Andrew Cruickshank as Inspector Baxter |
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Dennis Harkin as Bert |
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Dora Sevening as Mrs. Franklin |
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Mark Stone as Critic |
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Bill Fraser as Railway Porter (uncredited) |
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Andreas Malandrinos as Café Owner (uncredited) |
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Gillian Watt as The Girl (uncredited) |
| Writing | Val Valentine | Story |
| Editing | Douglas Myers | Editor |
| Production | George King | Producer |
| Sound | George Melachrino | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | George King | Director |
| Writing | Katherine Strueby | Writer |
| Camera | Hone Glendinning | Director of Photography |
| Art | Bernard Robinson | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Bear | Hairdresser |
| Directing | Stanley Couzins | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Robert Day | Camera Operator |