Easy Money (1948 film)

Easy Money
Original poster
Directed byBernard Knowles
Written by
Produced byA. Frank Bundy
Starring
Distributed byGainsborough Pictures
Release date
  • 20 January 1948 (1948-01-20)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£116,821[1][2][3]
Box office£125,300 (by Dec 1949)[1] or £119,000[3]

Easy Money is a 1948 British satirical film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Greta Gynt, Dennis Price and Jack Warner.[4] It was written by Muriel and Sydney Box, based on the 1948 play of the same title by Arnold Ridley. It was released by Gainsborough Pictures.

The film comprises four tales about the effect a major football pools win has in four different situations in the post-war period.

  1. ^ a b Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 210
  2. ^ Spicer, Andrew (April 2006). 'The Apple of Mr. Rank's Mercatorial Eye': Managing Director of Gainsborough Pictures. p. 106. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 353. Income is in terms of producer's share.
  4. ^ "Easy Money". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 August 2024.