The Big Money

6.4(5)19581h 26m

Comedy

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.

Director

John Paddy Carstairs

Cast

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

Reviews

2 reviews

John Chard

8y ago

5.0

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) ...

Geronimo1967

4y ago

5.0

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 ...