Biography of william friese greene, a british pioneer of the cinema. Starring robert donat, laurence olivier, margaret rutherford, peter ustinov, joyce grenfell et al. A joint british film industry venture to celebrate the 1951 festival of britain, this film celebrates the life of william friese greene a british cinema pioneer who died in poverty. Robert donat stars as friese greene and the supporting cast reads like a whos who of british cinema. Laurence olivier, margaret rutherford, peter ustinov, joyce grenfell, eric portman and googie withers are just a few. Youll probably spend the entire film trying to spot all the star cameos!   no. Discs  1 dvd running time  1 hr 58