A Run for Your Money

1949
Approved
1h 25m

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueBrothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.

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6,4/10

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Nominé pour le prix 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
While popular in England where it was a box-office success and nominated for a BAFTA award, this movie did not sit well with Welsh audiences, who considered it too stereotypical.

Gaffes
(Around 20 minutes) a man is singing in the street but in the long shot his mouth isn't moving at all.

Citations
Whimple: How much I prefer vegetables to human beings.

Connexions
Featured in Tuesday's Documentary: The Ealing Comedies or Kind Hearts and Overdrafts (1970)

Bandes originales
Cwm Rhondda
(uncredited)
Written by John Ceiriog Hughes

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Commentaire en vedette

9/10

477th Review: Welsh choirs, post-war optimism, and Alec Guinness...joy!

This is a wonderful early post-war example of what would become staple 1950s comedies - one of the first from Ealing Studios - it has an innocence and freshness, as well as genuine laughs and charm, that hold up well nearly 70 years later.

Two Welsh miners win the Daily Echo's prize for the most productive miners in Britain and head up to London to collect the enormous sum of £200 - as innocents in London they get separated and the one meets a gorgeous girl on the make, and the other a broken-down Welsh harpist. They are all chased by a bemused Alec Guinness as the gardening correspondent out of his métier.

All in all this foreshadows the great comedies of the 1950 - but it is a very lovely example of the genre - full of joy, energy, even some farce, and lots of very beautiful music - this is one to enjoy with a nice cup of tea and a roaring fire!