The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
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!
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles FrendDirector
- Leslie NormanScreenplay
- Charles FrendScreenplay
- Richard HughesScreenplay
- Ernest IrvingOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Donald HoustonDavid "Dai Number 9" Jones
- Meredith EdwardsThomas 'Twm' Jones
- Moira ListerJo
- Alec GuinnessWhimple
- Hugh GriffithHuw Price
- Joyce GrenfellMrs Pargiter
- Clive MortonEditor
- Leslie PerrinsBurney
- Edward RigbyBeefeater
- Mackenzie WardPhotographer
- Julie MiltonBronwen
- Peter EdwardsDavies Manager