Runner
2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1949
A Run for Your Money
Directed by
Charles Frend
Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!
The story
Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!
Cast
Donald HoustonDavid "Dai Number 9" Jones
Meredith EdwardsThomas 'Twm' Jones
Moira ListerJo
Alec GuinnessWhimple
Hugh GriffithHuw Price
Joyce GrenfellMrs Pargiter
Clive MortonEditor
Leslie PerrinsBurney
Edward RigbyBeefeater
Mackenzie WardPhotographer
Julie MiltonBronwen
Peter EdwardsDavies Manager
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Dorothy BramhallJane
Andrew LeighPawnbroker
Desmond Walter-EllisStation Announcer
Meadows WhiteGuv'nor
Gabrielle BruneThe Crooner
Ronnie HarriesDan
Dudley JonesBleddyn
Diana HopeA Customer
David DaviesThe Burly Stranger
Tom JonesElderly Miner
Richard LittledaleCinema Manager
Richard DaviesRugby Fan (uncredited)
Patric DoonanConductor (uncredited)
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