Easy Money.

Duration: 94 min.

Genre: comedy/drama

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Bernard Knowles

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Petula Clark, Mervyn Johns

Copyright: 4Feb48 L2535, renewed 24Feb75 R598719 Renewal claimant: Rank Film Distributors, Ltd Original author: Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd

Description: Four episodes dealing with the reactions of winners of a football pool—a suburban family in "The Stafford Family Story," a henpecked clerk in "The Atkins Story," a conniving couple in "The Night Club Story," and a fiddle player in "The Revolt of the Double-Basses."

In the first story, 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. 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)

Complete Record: EASY MONEY. Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd., London, c1948. Released in the U.S. through Eagle Lion Films, Inc., 1949. 94 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. "The Stafford Family Story" based on the play "Easy Money" by Arnold Ridley. Summary: Four episodes dealing with the reactions of winners of a football pool—a suburban family in "The Stafford Family Story," a henpecked clerk in "The Atkins Story," a conniving couple in "The Night Club Story," and a fiddle player in "The Revolt of the Double-Basses." Credits: Producers, Sydney Box, A. Frank Bundy; director, Bernard Knowles; screenplay, Muriel and Sydney Box; music, Temple Abady; editor, V. Sagovsky. Cast: Greta Gynt, Dennis Price, Jack Warner, Mervyn Johns, Edward Rigby. © Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd.; 4Feb48; (in notice: 1947); LP2535.

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Metadata Source:United World Films, Inc. 16mm Sound Motion Pictures Catalog, 1954-1955