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Directed by:
George SidneyCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthCast:
Tommy Steele, Cyril Ritchard, Hilton Edwards, Sydney Bromley, Pamela Brown, John Moulder-Brown, James Bolam, Allan Cuthbertson, James Villiers (more)VOD (1)
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An ebullient musical, set in Edwardian England and very loosely based on a novel by H.G. Wells. A young man gains and then loses a fortune -- but becomes wiser and more decent from the experience. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Tommy Steele](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762373_eca017.jpg)
Tommy Steele
UK
Best movies:
La Vallée du bonheur (1968)
Cyril Ritchard
Australia
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Blackmail (1929)
Piccadilly (1929)
Hilton Edwards
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1952)
Victim (1961)
Captain Lightfoot (1955)
![Sydney Bromley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/460/460024_4f5cf4.jpg)
Sydney Bromley
UK
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Macbeth (1971)
![Pamela Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364318_0d60d7.jpg)
Pamela Brown
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Cleopatra (1963)
Richard III (1955)
![John Moulder-Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/227/163227838_4c83ba.jpg)
John Moulder-Brown
UK
Best movies:
The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
Becket (1964)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
![James Bolam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/739/159739559_b47a98.jpg)
James Bolam
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Island on Bird Street (1997)
![Allan Cuthbertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298351_dfccce.jpg)
Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
Best movies:
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Room at the Top (1959)
Freud (1962)
![James Villiers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/165/160165037_e3e6fb.jpg)
James Villiers
UK
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Follow Me! (1972)
Penelope Horner
UK
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
A King in New York (1957)
The Angry Silence (1960)
Barlett Mullins
UK
Best movies:
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Sapphire (1959)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Julia Sutton
UK
Best movies:
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
![Jean Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/394/161394631_54bfb1.jpg)
Jean Anderson
UK
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
![Norman Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341523_9acb79.jpg)
Norman Mitchell
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Oliver! (1968)
![Maggie Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/346/161346191_cd15c6.jpg)
Maggie Wright
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
Reginald Hearne
UK
Best movies:
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
![Roy Evans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/452/161452146_e7e996.jpg)
Roy Evans
UK
Best movies:
L'Homme éléphant (1980)
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
Scrooge (1970)
![Julian Orchard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476130_a7675f.jpg)
Julian Orchard
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
![Helen Goss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/539/161539857_a92d16.jpg)
Helen Goss
UK
Best movies:
Stage Fright (1950)
Action of the Tiger (1957)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
![Harry Locke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/540/161540186_0151e7.jpg)
Harry Locke
UK
Best movies:
The Early Bird (1965)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)