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
British quad poster by Renato Fratini
Directed byAnthony Simmons
Screenplay byRonald Jeans
Produced byNorman Williams
StarringDonald Sinden
Peggy Cummins
Richard Wattis
CinematographyBrendan J. Stafford
Edited byBernard Gribble
Music byPhilip Green
Production
company
Ethiro-Alliance
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • March 1960 (1960-03) (UK)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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


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