5.3
A gambler tries to strike it rich at the racetrack but gets taken by a gorgeous blonde who also happens to be a crook.
Carol Cleveland
Sandra
Tony Tanner
Terry Blessing
Joan Sims
Peggy Bennett
Graham Stark
Hartley Fitzroy-Miles
Jeanne Moody
Claire Snow
Eric Dodson
George
Toni Palmer
Bridget
Murray Kash
Mario
Christine Hargreaves
Linda Rich
Juliet Cooke
Dorothy
Eddie Leslie
Traffic Warden
Duncan Lewis
Trilby Hat
Valerie Walsh
Maxine
Bernard Goldman
Mendoza
Edward Caddick
Bookie
Tony Hawes
Joe
Alan Baulch
Alfie
Pamela Manson
Director
Vernon Sewell
Writer
Tony Hawes
February 10, 2023
5
This is really just a vehicle for small-time theatre star Tony Tanner, and it's doesn't really add up to much. He ("Terry") is having a good night having found a penny on the street and by one means or another turned it into a tidy twenty quid. There is soon quite a fly in his ointment, though, when an ex turns up and deposits "Alfie" (Alan Baulch) on him, claiming he is their son. What now ensues is a rather predictable series of scenarios that though occasionally lit up by Joan Simms as the landlady "Peggy", these recycle themselves a bit too often. Tanner has timing and some personality, but somehow this film just neuters that quite effectively with a really limiting stage-like production and some borderline inane dialogue. There is plenty of London photography, but after a few scenes that becomes unremarkable too. Saturday afternoon B-feature fodder, that's all, I'm afraid.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00