A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money

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A Run for Your Money

1949

1h 25m

6.0(18 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!

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Ealing Studios

Cast & Crew

25 members

Acting

Donald Houston

David "Dai Number 9" Jones

Donald Houston

Acting

Meredith Edwards

Thomas 'Twm' Jones

Meredith Edwards

Acting

Moira Lister

Jo

Moira Lister

Acting

Alec Guinness

Whimple

Alec Guinness

Acting

Hugh Griffith

Huw Price

Hugh Griffith

Acting

Joyce Grenfell

Mrs Pargiter

Joyce Grenfell

Acting

Clive Morton

Editor

Clive Morton

Acting

Leslie Perrins

Burney

Leslie Perrins

Acting

Edward Rigby

Beefeater

Edward Rigby

Acting

Mackenzie Ward

Photographer

Mackenzie Ward

Acting

Julie Milton

Bronwen

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Sound

Peter Edwards

Davies Manager

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Dorothy Bramhall

Jane

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Acting

Andrew Leigh

Pawnbroker

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Desmond Walter-Ellis

Station Announcer

Desmond Walter-Ellis

Acting

Meadows White

Guv'nor

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Gabrielle Brune

The Crooner

Gabrielle Brune

Acting

Ronnie Harries

Dan

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Dudley Jones

Bleddyn

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Acting

Diana Hope

A Customer

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Acting

David Davies

The Burly Stranger

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Acting

Tom Jones

Elderly Miner

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Acting

Richard Littledale

Cinema Manager

No Image

Acting

Richard Davies

Rugby Fan (uncredited)

Richard Davies

Acting

Patric Doonan

Conductor (uncredited)

Patric Doonan

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