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Value for Money (1955)

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John Gregson stars as Chayley Broadbent, a young Yorkshire businessman leading a dull, perfunctory life. He inherits a sizeable fortune, plus a prosperous textile factory, from his wealthy father. Soon after, he has a fight with his straight-laced girlfriend, Ethel (Susan Stephen) and leaves her, taking off for London. Once there, he plunges into the nightclub circuit, falling in love with showgirl Diana Dors. But she mistakes him for an impoverished chap and thus rejects his marriage proposal. When she finally figures out the truth, she makes a beeline for him, but by then he's onto her golddigging motives and instead opts to return to Ethel. Adapted from a novel by Derick Boothroyd, Value for Money shows no shame in trotting out all the cliches and obvious comic set-ups indigenous to this sort of film farce. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: John Gregson, Diana Dors, (more)

Director(s):: Ken Annakin

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Synopsis of Value for Money

John Gregson stars as Chayley Broadbent, a young Yorkshire businessman leading a dull, perfunctory life. He inherits a sizeable fortune, plus a prosperous textile factory, from his wealthy father. Soon after, he has a fight with his straight-laced girlfriend, Ethel (Susan Stephen) and leaves her, taking off for London. Once there, he plunges into the nightclub circuit, falling in love with showgirl Diana Dors. But she mistakes him for an impoverished chap and thus rejects his marriage proposal. When she finally figures out the truth, she makes a beeline for him, but by then he's onto her golddigging motives and instead opts to return to Ethel. Adapted from a novel by Derick Boothroyd, Value for Money shows no shame in trotting out all the cliches and obvious comic set-ups indigenous to this sort of film farce. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Complete Cast of Value for Money

Diana Dors - Ruthine West
Derek Farr - Duke Popplewell
Jill Adams - Joy
Donald Pleasence - Limpy
Hal Osmond - Mr. Hall
Charles Lloyd Pack - Mr. Gidbrook
Ernst Thesiger - Lord Dewsbury
Molly Weir - Mrs. Matthews
Ronald Chesney
Aleta Morrison
Pamela Davis
Irving Davies - Dancer
Cyril Smith
George Benson

Director(s):: Ken Annakin

Writer(s):: William Fairchild, R.F. Delderfield

Producer(s):: Sergei Nolbandov

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