Movie: "A Run for Your Money"
| Release Date: | Apr 1950 |
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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Awards | Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. |
| Runtime: | 83 min. |
| Cast: | Donald Houston (David 'Dai Number 9' Jones) Meredith Edwards (Thomas 'Twm' Jones) Moira Lister (Jo) Alec Guinness (Whimple) Hugh Griffith (Huw Price) Clive Morton (Editor) Julie Milton (Bronwen) Peter Edwards (Davies Manager) Joyce Grenfell (Mrs Pargiter) Leslie Perrins (Barney) Dorothy Bramhall (Jane Benson) Andrew Leigh (The Pawnbroker) Edward Rigby (Beefeater) Desmond Walter-Ellis (Station Announcer) Mackenzie Ward (Stebbins (Photographer)) Meadows White (Guv'nor) Gabrielle Brune (Crooner) Ronnie Harries (Dan) Diana Hope (A Customer) Dudley Jones (Bleddyn) David Davies (The Burly Stranger) Tom Jones (Elderly Miner) Richard Littledale (Cinema Mananger) Charles Cullum (Powerful man (uncredited)) Richard Davies (Rugby Fan (uncredited)) Patric Doonan (Conductor (uncredited)) Anthony Oliver (Miner (uncredited)) Marianne Stone (Miss Carpenter (uncredited)) Henry Webb (Minor Role (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Twm and Dai Jones, miners from South Wales, win a coal-cutting competition and take a trip to London to see the England-Wales Rugby match, missing connections with their reception committee. In the big city, innocent Dai soon finds himself accompanied by Jo, an attractive con-woman; while Twm meets a Welsh harpist who leads him through many pubs, and Mr. Whimple of the Weekly Echo is led a merry chase...
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