They Knew Mr. Knight
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
- 5.7
- 1946
- Released
- 1h 33m
Mervyn Johns
Tom Blake
Nora Swinburne
Celia Blake
Joyce Howard
Freda Blake
Joan Greenwood
Ruth Blake
Peter Hammond
Douglas Blake
Marie Ault
Grandma Blake
Frederick Cooper
Edward Blake
Grace Arnold
Isabel Blake
Alfred Drayton
Mr. Lawrence Knight
Olive Sloane
Mrs. Maudie Knight
Joan Maude
Carrie Porritt
Kenneth Kove
Coggie Selby
Frederick Burtwell
Mr. BerryWinifred Oughton
Mrs. GreeneTarva Penna
Mr. Greene
Patric Curwen
Mr. Porter
Muriel Aked
Lady GillingAnthony Holles
Station MasterGordon Begg
Sims
Ian Fleming
Higgs
Sheila Raynor
Agnes
Pat Stevens
Miss BerryDoyley John
Bobby HewettReleased
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Reviews
"Mr. Knight" (Alfred Drayton) is the archetypal man made good. He walks to his first class railway carriage every morning fêted by the staff and the management. One morning he is prevented from treading on a banana skin on the steps by the struggling mill owner "Blake" (Mervyn Johns) and soon the two are inseparable. "Blake" is ambitious for success - for himself and his large family, and hopes hi