The Midas Touch
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The Midas Touch is a 1940 British
thriller film directed by David MacDonald
and starring Barry K. Barnes
, Judy Kelly
, Frank Cellier and Bertha Belmore
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
thriller film directed by David MacDonald
David MacDonald (director)
David MacDonald was a British film director, writer and producer. His first major film as director was The Brothers.-Select filmography:*The Last Curtain...
and starring Barry K. Barnes
Barry K. Barnes
Barry K. Barnes was a British film actor. He was born in London. He appeared in sixteen films between 1936 and 1947...
, Judy Kelly
Judy Kelly
-Selected filmography:* Adam's Apple * Money Talks * Crime on the Hill * L'argent par les fenêtres * Hawley's of High Street * Their Night Out * The Love Nest...
, Frank Cellier and Bertha Belmore
Bertha Belmore
-Early career:She was only eight when she made her first appearance on stage. She later toured the coast of America with Sir Philip Ben Greet's Shakespearean Players.-Selected filmography:* Happy * Keep It Quiet...
.
Cast
- Barry K. BarnesBarry K. BarnesBarry K. Barnes was a British film actor. He was born in London. He appeared in sixteen films between 1936 and 1947...
- Evan Jones - Judy KellyJudy Kelly-Selected filmography:* Adam's Apple * Money Talks * Crime on the Hill * L'argent par les fenêtres * Hawley's of High Street * Their Night Out * The Love Nest...
- Lydia Brenton - Frank CellierFrank Cellier (actor)Frank Cellier was an English actor. Early in his career, he toured in Britain, Germany, the West Indies, America and South Africa. In the 1920s, he became known in the West End for Shakespearean character roles, among others, and also directed some plays in which he acted...
- Corris Morgan - Bertha BelmoreBertha Belmore-Early career:She was only eight when she made her first appearance on stage. She later toured the coast of America with Sir Philip Ben Greet's Shakespearean Players.-Selected filmography:* Happy * Keep It Quiet...
- Mrs Carter-Blake - Eileen Erskine - Rosalie
- Philip FriendPhilip FriendPhilip Wyndham Friend was a British film and television actor.-Filmography:* Inquest * The Midas Touch * Pimpernel Smith * The Day Will Dawn * In Which We Serve...
- David Morgan - Scott Harrold - Harkness
- Iris HoeyIris HoeyIris Hoey was a British actress in the first half of the twentieth century, both on stage and in movies. She married twice, first to Max Leeds, then the actor Cyril Raymond but divorced on both occasions....
- Ellie Morgan - Anna KonstamAnna KonstamAnna Konstam is a British theatre and film actress.-Selected filmography:* They Drive by Night * Too Dangerous to Live * Saloon Bar * Waterloo Road -External links:...
- Mamie - Evelyn RobertsEvelyn Roberts-Selected filmography:* Bolibar * Say It with Music * One Precious Year * The Melody-Maker * Anne One Hundred * Purse Strings * Sorrell and Son * The Broken Rosary...
- Major Arnold