Synopsis
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernard KnowlesDirector
- Arnold RidleyWriter
- Muriel BoxScreenplay
- Sydney BoxScreenplay
- Temple AbadyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jack WarnerPhilip Stafford
- Greta GyntPat Parsons
- Marjorie FieldingRuth Stafford
- Yvonne OwenCarol Stafford
- Jack WatlingDennis Stafford
- Petula ClarkJackie Stafford
- Mabel ConstandurosGrandma Stafford
- David TomlinsonMartin Latham
- Maurice DenhamDetective-Inspector Kirby
- Mervyn JohnsHerbert Atkins
- Dennis PriceJoe Henty
- Joan YoungAgnes Atkins