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A Run for Your Money (1949)

A Run for Your Money poster
Directed by
Charles Frend
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two Welshmen travel to London for the first time and get into a series of comedic mishaps. The film follows their misadventures in the big city.

lightheartedwhimsicalgood-naturedbriskplayfulcheerfulgentle

What happens

A Run for Your Money is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Charles Frend and starring Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards as two Welshmen visiting London for the first time. The supporting cast includes Alec Guinness, Moira Lister and Hugh Griffith. It was written by Richard Hughes, Leslie Norman and Frend based on a story by Clifford Evans, and made at Ealing Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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