A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money is a 1949 Ealing Studios comedy film starring Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards as two Welshmen visiting London for the first time. The supporting cast includes Alec Guinness, Moira Lister and Hugh Griffith.

They are supposed to be met at Paddington station by Whimple Alec Guinness, a gardening columnist on the paper, but they miss each other. Instead, the two miners become separated when Dai is picked up by attractive con artist Jo Moira Lister after she overhears them talking about the prize money. At Jos suggestion, she and Dai go to the newspaper to collect the money. The editor makes Whimple responsible for showing Dai around, but Jo soon manages to lose him. Whimple gets details of Jos criminal methods from a fellow reporter and runs out in search of them. As they spend time together, Dai begins to fall in love with Jo, though he already has a girlfriend back in Wales Bronwen, the bosss secretary.Meanwhile, Twm recognizes a familiar face Huw Price Hugh Griffith, a downonhisluck harpist and traditional Chief Singer with whom he had once won the grand prize at an important Welsh music festival. They go looking for Dai between drinks at various pubs. By the time they arrive at the Echo to collect Twms share of the prize, theyre sopping drunk. Not knowing who Twm is, the editor has the pair kicked out. Eventually, Twm and Huw give up and go to the rugby match, getting there just as it ends Wales wins. There, they meet up with Whimple. ........

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