THE MAGNET (1950)

The Magnet is a 1950 Ealing Studios comedy film featuring Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh and, in his first starring role, James Fox (then billed as William Fox). The story involves a young Wallasey boy, Johnny Brent (Fox), who obtains the eponymous magnet by deception, leading to much confusion. When he is acclaimed as a hero, he is shamed by his own sense of guilt.