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Alf's Button (Original title)
Date: 22 September 1930 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: W.P. Kellino

Synopsis: A cockney soldier finds that one of the buttons on his tunic has the magic powers of Aladdin's lamp and makes the wish-fulfilling genie appear whenever rubbed.

Genres:
Comedy, Fantasy, War

Subject:
World War I
Releases
Date: 1930Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8503 FeetLanguage: English

Credits (9)
Production Company: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, Production Manager: L'Estrange Fawcett, Author of the Original Work: W.A. Darlington, Photography: Percy Strong, [1st Assistant Camera]: Alan Lawson, Art Director: Andrew Mazzei, Music Director: Louis Levy, Sound Recording: S.A. Jolly
Cast (12)
Tubby Edlin (Alf Higgins), Nora Swinburne (Lady Isobel Fitzpeter), Humberstone Wright (Eustace), Alf Goddard (Bill Grant), Peter Haddon (Lieutenant Allen), Spencer Trevor (Lord Dunwater), Polly Ward (Liz), Annie Esmond (Mrs. Gaskins), Cyril McLaglen (Sergeant Major), Bruce Winston (Mustapha), Stanley Cooke (Rev. Julian Gaskins), Gypsy Rhouma (Lucy)