The Magic Garden

The Magic Garden

The Pennywhistle Blues
🎞️ Movie 63 min ZA
โ˜… 7.7 /10 1951

On a normal and tranquil Sunday morning in a native suburb of Johannesburg, an old colored man makes a grand donation of his life savings, forty pounds, to his priest. And while the two are praying for heavenly guidance as to how the money should be spent to help the multitude of needy, a skulking thief makes off with it. Away he goes through the church door, with the old man and the priest in pursuit, shouting "stop, thief!" to rouse the whole quarter. Thus the story begins. But before it reaches a finish, with the money back in the priest's hands and the thief, a slippery rascal, in the heavy hands of the police, the forty pounds has done more service, accidentally, in the cause of good on behalf of several unsuspecting natives than it could ever have done otherwise.

Cast

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Tommy Machaka
The Thief
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Harriet Qubeka
Mrs. Sakabona
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David Mukwanazi
Lucas Ranku
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Dolly Rathebe
Lili Shabalala
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Victor Cwayi
John, Lili's beau
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Grinsell Nongauza
Mr. Shabalala
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Lucas Khosa
Isaac Wela
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Linda Madikisa
Mrs. Wela
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Jonathan Mzamo
Priest
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George Mabuza
Mr. Letuli, the troubled parishioner
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Tommy Ramokgopa
Composer
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Ralph Trewhela
Composer
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C.M. Pennington-Richards
Cinematographer