The Big Money
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
- 6.4
- 1958
- Released
- 1h 26m
Ian Carmichael
Willie Frith
Belinda Lee
Gloria
Kathleen Harrison
Mrs Frith
Robert Helpmann
The Reverend
Leslie Phillips
Receptionist
James Hayter
Mr Frith
George Coulouris
The Colonel
Renée Houston
Bobbie
Michael Brennan
Bluey
Jill Ireland
Doreen Frith
Harold Berens
Bookmaker
Hugh Morton
Valet
Ferdy Mayne
Furrier
Digby Wolfe
Harry MasonMichael Balfour
'Wilberforce'
Joss Ambler
HobsonPeter Asher
Cyril Frith
Cyril Chamberlain
Detective at HotelThomas Gallagher
Daniel
David Hutcheson
Tipster at Racecourse
Miriam Karlin
Lady in Nightclub
Maurice Kaufmann
Harry's Friend
Ronan O'Casey
Gang Member
Hal Osmond
Porter at Victoria Station
Ewen Solon
Detective in Pub
Joy Webster
Minor RoleAngela White
(uncredited)
Ian Wilson
Post Office Clerk
Vic Wise
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Ian Carmichael "Willie", is the pretty hapless son in a family of petty thieves. One evening he turns up at their daily reckoning with a suitcase that he pinched from a vicar at the railway station. Turns out it contains a small fortune in £1 notes. Snag is, they all have the same serial numbers. Prudent dad (James Hayter) tells him to burn the lot, but he refuses and armed with his loot, he sets
Not really a hic-hic hooray here. Out of Pinewood Studios, The Big Money is directed by John Paddy Carstairs and written by John Baines. It stats Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee, Robert Helpmann, James Hayter, Kathleen, Harrison and George Coulouris. Music is by Van Phillips and cinematography by Jack Cox. It is a VistaVision/Technicolor production. When bumbling thief Willie Frith (Carmichael)