American Paul Douglas has the lead and is surrounded by a bunch of Scots character actors busily outwitting him as he tries to get some valuable cargo transported in the Western Isles. Well worth watching. The willing suspension of disbelief was never more needed than when Stewart Granger took on the role of Paganini in this Gainsborough biopic. Bless him, he does his best, and doesn't fall quite as hard as Dennis Price in The Bad Lord Byron . Phyllis Calvert has the thankless role of the woman who redeems him by arranging for him to play for the Pope.
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A young James Fox cheats a friend out of a magnet but gives it to charity in a fit of conscience. It's not a patch on Hue and Cry . Rex Harrison and Wendy Hiller are the nominal stars of this talky version of the Shaw play, however it was Robert Newton who made the biggest impression as the wife-beating drunk. The plot concerns Salvation Army lass Barbara's dilemma as to whether to accept a large donation from her armament-manufacturer father. Script adapt .