A Run for Your Money

1h 25min

Comedy

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!

Production Companies

Ealing Studios

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Cast

Donald Houston

Donald Houston

David "Dai Number 9" Jones
Meredith Edwards

Meredith Edwards

Thomas 'Twm' Jones
Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Huw Price
Joyce Grenfell

Joyce Grenfell

Mrs Pargiter
Edward Rigby

Edward Rigby

Beefeater
Mackenzie Ward

Mackenzie Ward

Photographer
Peter Edwards

Peter Edwards

Davies Manager
Andrew Leigh

Andrew Leigh

Pawnbroker
Desmond Walter-Ellis

Desmond Walter-Ellis

Station Announcer
Gabrielle Brune

Gabrielle Brune

The Crooner
Diana Hope

Diana Hope

A Customer
David Davies

David Davies

The Burly Stranger
Tom Jones

Tom Jones

Elderly Miner
Richard Littledale

Richard Littledale

Cinema Manager
Richard Davies

Richard Davies

Rugby Fan (uncredited)
Patric Doonan

Patric Doonan

Conductor (uncredited)

Release date

23rd Nov 1949

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, Cymraeg