Movie: The Magic Alphabet

Top 4 Billed Cast

John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Stephen McNally
Stephen McNally

Dr. Christiaan Eijkman

Dorothy Morris
Dorothy Morris

Secretary (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan

Scientist (uncredited)

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