Your Money or Your Wife
Your Money or Your Wife is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Anthony Simmons and starring Donald Sinden, Peggy Cummins, and Richard Wattis.[1] In this farce, a couple must divorce in order to inherit a fortune.[2]
Your Money or Your Wife | |
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Directed by | Anthony Simmons |
Screenplay by | Ronald Jeans |
Produced by | Norman Williams |
Starring | Donald Sinden Peggy Cummins Richard Wattis |
Cinematography | Brendan J. Stafford |
Edited by | Bernard Gribble |
Music by | Philip Green |
Production company | Ethiro-Alliance |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Cast
- Donald Sinden as Pelham Butterworth
- Peggy Cummins as Gay Butterworth
- Richard Wattis as Hubert Fry
- Peter Reynolds as Theodore Malek
- Georgina Cookson as Thelma Cressingdon
- Gladys Boot as Mrs. Compton Chamberlain
- Barbara Steele as Juliet Frost
- Betty Baskcomb as Janet Fry
- Olive Sloane as Mrs. Withers
- Ian Fleming as The judge
- Candy Scott as The maid
- Noel Tregarthen as The chauffeur
Production
Donald Sinden recalled the film in his memoirs:
Oh dear. Unfortunately it was made on the cheap and little care had been taken turning a script, intended to be played in one permanent setting, into a film. It was merely chopped into sections: one to be played in the living room, another in the bedroom, the next in the garage, the next in the kitchen. This left endless shots of actors walking in silence from one place to another before continuing the dialogue. As someone wisely pointed out, a movie means that the action should move — not the camera.[3]
Release
Your Money or Your Wife was released in March 1960 in Great Britain.[4] Originally written as the play 'Count Your Blessings' by Ronald Jeans. First performed at Wyndhams Theatre London March 7, 1951.
Critical reception
In the Radio Times, David Parkinson gave the film one out of five stars, and wrote, "Nice title, shame about the movie...Both screenwriter Ronald Jeans and director Anthony Simmons seemed to think that an abundance of slapstick, a little innuendo and bags of mugging would be enough to have the audience in convulsions."[5]
References
- "Your Money or Your Wife (1960)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- "Your Money or Your Wife (1960) - Anthony Simmons - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- Sinden, Donald (1982). A touch of the memoirs. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 241.
- "Your Money or Your Wife". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- "Your Money or Your Wife – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.