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A Run for Your Money (1949) was a Comedy - Black-and-white Film directed by Charles Frend and produced by Michael Balcon.

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FAVOURITE MOVIES: A Run for Your Money (1949)

on Mar 10, 2017 From Caftan Woman

I recently revisited A Run for Your Money after many years. It was with some trepidation that I approached this movie as I was sharing it with my daughter, Janet. Would it be as delightful as remembered? It was, and my memory was unusually accurate for such a long absence. In the post-WW2 period E... Read full article


FAVOURITE MOVIES: A Run for Your Money (1949)

By Caftan Woman on Mar 10, 2017 From Caftan Woman

I recently revisited A Run for Your Money after many years. It was with some trepidation that I approached this movie as I was sharing it with my daughter, Janet. Would it be as delightful as remembered? It was, and my memory was unusually accurate for such a long absence. In the post-WW2 period E... Read full article


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David 'Dai Number 9' Jones: [Regarding the hat he will wear] Never mind about the size as long as it fits, man!


Editor: Well, now, we must just establish your identity.
David 'Dai Number 9' Jones: Identity?
Editor: Oh, purely a formality, of course.
David 'Dai Number 9' Jones: But I've never had to do that before. They all know me back home, see?
Whimple: But you must have an identity card, don't you?
David 'Dai Number 9' Jones: Well, it's behind the teapot at home, with my union card. Best place for them - I might lose them in London.
Editor: Ah. Heh.
[pause]
Editor: Edmund?
Whimple: May I suggest, uh...
[dialing gesture]
Editor: Ah, exactly. Ring up the manager of the colliery. No doubt he can help us.
Whimple: Excuse me, sir.
[takes phone and dials 0]
Whimple: Get, get me...
[pause as he reads the place name again]
Whimple: Heh heh, ummm, uh, H for hyacinth, A for azalea, F for fuschia...
Editor: [taking the phone impatiently] Hafoduwchbenceubwllymarchogcoch 1!
David 'Dai Number 9' Jones: Congratulations, sir!


Whimple: How much I prefer vegetables to human beings.


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Also directed by Charles Frend




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Also produced by Michael Balcon




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Also released in 1949




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