Cardboard Cavalier

Duration: 96 min

Release date: 1949-03-31

IMDB

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.

Comedy

Cardboard Cavalier

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Margaret Lockwood

Margaret Lockwood

as Col. Lovelace

Jack McNaughton

Jack McNaughton

as Oliver Cromwell

as Milady Doverhouse

as Murdercasket

as Judge Gorebucket

as Sylvester Clutterbuck

Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

as Brother Barebones

as Lord Doverhouse

Laurence Baskcomb

Laurence Baskcomb

as Lovelace's Servant

Walter Horsbrugh

Walter Horsbrugh

as Sir Seymour Simon

Ernest Metcalfe

Ernest Metcalfe

Francis de Wolff

Francis de Wolff

Hector MacGregor

Hector MacGregor

as Tower Soldier

as Argumentative Old Woman (uncredited)

Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

as Executed Man (uncredited)

as Sidcup Buttermeadow

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Lambert Williamson

Lambert Williamson

Director of Photography

Reg Barnes Heath

Reg Barnes Heath

Sound Recordist

Sound Recordist

Special Effects

Special Effects

Assistant Director

H. A. R. Thomson

H. A. R. Thomson

Camera Operator

Production Manager

Makeup Supervisor

Associate Producer

Vivienne Walker

Vivienne Walker

Hair Supervisor

Second Unit Director

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