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| Tommy Steele | ... | Arthur Kipps | |
| Julia Foster | ... | Ann | |
| Cyril Ritchard | ... | Harry Chitterlow | |
| Penelope Horner | ... | Helen | |
| Elaine Taylor | ... | Victoria | |
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Grover Dale | ... | Pearce |
| Hilton Edwards | ... | Shalford | |
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Julia Sutton | ... | Flo |
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Leslie Meadows | ... | Buggins |
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Sheila Falconer | ... | Kate |
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Pamela Brown | ... | Mrs. Washington |
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James Villiers | ... | Hubert |
| Christopher Sandford | ... | Sid | |
| Jean Anderson | ... | Lady Botting | |
| Allan Cuthbertson | ... | Wilkins | |
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Arthur Kipps, an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile, has a sudden abrupt change of life when his wealthy grandfather dies and leaves him a pile of money. Written by Suzanne Houghton <tpk@infonaut.com>
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UKLanguage:
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22 December 1967 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
6 monedas por tus sueños See more »Company Credits
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4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)| 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)| Mono (35 mm optical prints)Color:
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Kipps: [as Shalford] I don't like the way this place is run, so you better wake yourself up, or you'll find yourself out
[shouts]
Kipps: on your ear! 'Ficiency, Shalford! 'Ficiency, System,
[Kipps places a top hat on his head]
Kipps: and that to your blessed economy. And you can stick that on my account!
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Written by David Heneker
Performed by Tommy Steele and Julia Foster (dubbed by Marti Webb)
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Roy Skelton claimed to have re-voiced around a third of the characters in this film before its release, including a sequence of Tommy Steele singing. See more »Goofs
In the song, "Money to Burn", where Kipps (Tommy Steele) is playing the banjo, it's obvious that he's simply playing along to an audio track. But the sound begins several times before he does the strumming to make it happen. This should have been watched/caught in the editing process. See more »Quotes
[Kipps reveals his new-found fortune]Kipps: [as Shalford] I don't like the way this place is run, so you better wake yourself up, or you'll find yourself out
[shouts]
Kipps: on your ear! 'Ficiency, Shalford! 'Ficiency, System,
[Kipps places a top hat on his head]
Kipps: and that to your blessed economy. And you can stick that on my account!
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Half a SixpenceWritten by David Heneker
Performed by Tommy Steele and Julia Foster (dubbed by Marti Webb)
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Master showmen were at work in the production of this perhaps over long but nevertheless delightful picture. It would be impossible to visualise the film without the warm performance of Tommy Steele, and it was an inspired move to bring in George Sidney, one of Hollywood's finest directors of musicals, to give the picture a very special flare. The budget was obviously huge and it all shows on the screen in the very lively production numbers, especially those shot on location. A super piece of screen entertainment which stands up well to occasional re-watching.