Comedy · United Kingdom · 1949 · 1h 36m

Cardboard Cavalier

Director

Cast

Margaret Lockwood as Nell Gwynne Jerry Desmonde as Col. Lovelace Jack McNaughton as Uriah Group Brian Worth as Tom Pride Edmund Willard as Oliver Cromwell Mary Clare as Milady Doverhouse

Crew

Jack Hildyard — Director of Photography Alan Jaggs — Editor Noel Langley — Writer Walter Forde — Producer Eleanor Abbey — Costume Design

Synopsis

A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped by Nell Gwynn, he succeeds after encounters with a castle ghost and custard pies.

Key Collaborators

Walter Forde Director Jack Hildyard Director of Photography Alan Jaggs Editor Noel Langley Writer Walter Forde Producer Eleanor Abbey Costume Design

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