Something Money Can't Buy

Something Money Can't Buy
	British Quad poster by Dougie Post
Directed by	Pat Jackson
Produced by	Joseph Janni
Written by	Pat Jackson and ; J.L. Hodson
Starring	Anthony Steel; Patricia Roc
Music by	Nino Rota
Cinematography	C.M. Pennington-Richards
Edited by	Sidney Hayers
Distributed by	Vic Films Productions Ltd
Release date	9 July 1952;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£121,000[1]

Something Money Can't Buy is a 1952 British film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Patricia Roc and Anthony Steel.[2]

Plot

Harry and Anne Wilding return to civilian life after service in the army. They have trouble readjusting, and Harry eventually quits his council job and goes into business, selling food from a mobile canteen. Anne becomes jealous of the daughter of Harry's backer. Anne gives up her job to concentrate on her marriage.[3]

Cast

Patricia Roc as Anne Wilding
Anthony Steel as Captain Harry Wilding
Moira Lister as Diana Haverstock
A. E. Matthews as Lord Haverstock
David Hutcheson as Buster
Michael Trubshawe as Willy
Diane Hart as Joan
Charles Victor as Borough Treasurer
Henry Edwards as Gerald Forbes
Mary Hinton as Mrs. Forbes
Joss Ambler as Mr. Burton, the auctioneer
Michael Brennan as Fairground boss

Production

The film was a rare comedy role for Steel, who made it immediately prior to shooting The Planter's Wife (1952). It involved Roc returning to London after two years in Paris, where she lived with her French husband. She and Steel had an affair during the making of the movie which resulted in Roc having Steel's baby.[4]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin called it "a double disappointment from the director of White Corridors; the poverty-stricken material apart, its staging is uncharacteristically flabby, with none of the polish and professionalism of its predecessor."[5]

Variety said it was "handled with an assured light touch by a competent cast".[6]

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gollark: If men were going around coordinating to organize things to benefit themselves, they would probably *not* want high suicide rates and prison populations and such.

gollark: Suuuure.

gollark: Have you tried becoming a bonobo?

gollark: I don't think that's what I meant either.

References

BFI Collections: Michael Balcon Papers H3 reprinted in British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference By Sue Harper, Vincent Porter p 41
"NEW BRITISH COMEDY". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 3 June 1953. p. 40. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
Something Money Can't Buy Picture Show; London Vol. 59, Iss. 1533, (Aug 16, 1952): 5-6, 10
"Talking of Films". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 13 February 1952. p. 31. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
SOMETHING MONEY CAN'T BUY Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 19, Iss. 216, (Jan 1, 1952): 124.
Review of film at Variety

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[1] BFI Collections: Michael Balcon Papers H3 reprinted in British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference By Sue Harper, Vincent Porter p 41

[2] "NEW BRITISH COMEDY". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 3 June 1953. p. 40. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

[3] Something Money Can't Buy Picture Show; London Vol. 59, Iss. 1533, (Aug 16, 1952): 5-6, 10

[4] "Talking of Films". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 13 February 1952. p. 31. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

[5] SOMETHING MONEY CAN'T BUY Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 19, Iss. 216, (Jan 1, 1952): 124.

[6] Review of film at Variety