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Director
  
Bernard Knowles

Duration
  

Screenplay
  
Muriel Box, Sydney Box

Country
  
United Kingdom

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Running time
  
1h 32m

Language
  
English

Easy Money (1948 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Arnold Ridley
,
Muriel Box
,
Sydney Box

Release date
  
20 January 1948

Genres
  
Drama, Comedy, Crime Fiction, Black-and-white, Film adaptation

Cast
  
Jack Warner
(Philip Stafford),
Marjorie Fielding
(Ruth Stafford),
Yvonne Owen
(Carol Stafford),
Jack Watling
(Dennis Stafford),
Petula Clark
(Jackie Stafford),
Mabel Constanduros
(Grandma Stafford)

Similar movies
  
Dear Murderer (1947), The Blind Goddess (1948), Holiday Camp (1947), When the Bough Breaks (1947), The Years Between (1946)

Easy Money, a satirical 1948 British film about one of the most beloved traditions of the English middle class, the football pool, is composed of four tales about the effect a major win has on four different groups in the postwar period. Written by Muriel and Sydney Box and directed by Bernard Knowles, it was released by Gainsborough Pictures.

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Plot

In the first story, a comedy, a content suburban family, headed by Jack Warner, is turned into an unhappy lot when they believe that they have the winning coupon in the football pool. But when it's discovered that the winning coupon apparently wasn't mailed by the younger daughter (Petula Clark), they regain their previously happy lives that had been made unhappy by plans they made regarding how to spend their winnings. Then, when it is discovered that the winning coupon was, in fact, mailed, they decide that they have learned their lesson and resolve not to let the money ruin their happiness. The second is more tragic, with a mild-mannered clerk (Mervyn Johns) concerned about quitting his mundane job. The third is a suspenseful crime caper involving a coupon checker (Dennis Price) and his nightclub singer girlfriend (Greta Gynt in a send-up of Rita Hayworth's Gilda) who devise a scheme to embezzle the winning pot. The final episode, another comedy, concerns a dispirited bass player (Edward Rigby) who discovers he misses the orchestra he left.

Cast

  • Greta Gynt as Pat Parsons
  • Dennis Price as Joe Henty
  • Jack Warner as Philip Stafford
  • Mervyn Johns as Herbert Atkins
  • Marjorie Fielding as Ruth Stafford
  • Yvonne Owen as Carol Stafford
  • Jack Watling as Dennis Stafford
  • Petula Clark as Jackie Stafford
  • Mabel Constanduros as Grandma Stafford
  • David Tomlinson as Martin Latham
  • Maurice Denham as Detective-Inspector Kirby
  • Joan Young as Agnes Watkins
  • Gordon McLeod as Cameron
  • Grey Blake as Wilson
  • Ernest Butcher as Clerk
  • Bill Owen as Mr. Lee
  • Hugh Pryse as Martin
  • Jack Raine as Managing Director
  • Richard Molinas as Johnny
  • Edward Rigby as Edward 'Teddy' Ball
  • Guy Rolfe as Archie
  • Raymond Lovell as Mr. Cyprus
  • Frank Cellier as Director of Orchestra

    • Reception

    Critics at the time noted the film was faintly reminiscent of the all-star 1932 Hollywood release If I Had a Million. It earned mixed reviews, but proved to be popular with audiences - still reeling from the effects of World War II - seeking lighthearted entertainment.

    The film earned a profit of £2,200.

    References

    Easy Money (1948 film) Wikipedia
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    Easy Money (1948 film) IMDbEasy Money (1948 film) themoviedb.org