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The Magnet - (1950) - Netflix

1h18m - Comedies

After trading an "invisible" watch for another boy's magnet, young Johnny begins to believe he's a wanted criminal and gets into mischief.

Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh, James Fox, Meredith Edwards, Gladys Henson, Wylie Watson, Thora Hird, Julien Mitchell, Michael Brooke Jr, Anthony Oliver
Netflix Rating:
6.9/5
Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
Countries Available in: Nl

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Available Since: 2022-01-01
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Synopsis A mixture of a psychological study of a ten-year-old boy an English domestic comedy and a satire on psychologists finds young Johnny Brent the only child of a pair of psychologists trading an "invisible watch" to a much-younger child for a large magnet. His nurse/nanny accuses him of stealing and scolds him and he runs away. He soon convinces himself that the police are after him and following several unsuccessful attempts to get rid of the magnet he presents it to an organizer of a fund-raising campaign for acquiring an iron-lung for the local hospital. The magnet is one of the auction items and finally is mounted on the iron-lung as a tribute to the unknown donor. Meanwhile the father makes a completely inaccurate diagnosis for the mother of the boy's worries. In the end the boy meets the child he thought had died as a result of losing the magnet and trades the boy back for the return of his "invisible watch" the gold medal the town mayor had given him for his part in the hospital campaign.

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