Something Money Can't Buy

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

Something Money Can't Buy
British Quad poster by Dougie Post
Directed byPat Jackson
Produced byJoseph Janni
Written byPat Jackson and
J.L. Hodson
StarringAnthony Steel
Patricia Roc
Music byNino Rota
CinematographyC.M. Pennington-Richards
Edited bySidney Hayers
Distributed byVic Films Productions Ltd
Release date
  • 9 July 1952 (1952-07-09) (London)
  • September 30, 1953 (1953-09-30) (New York City)
  • October 10, 1953 (1953-10-10) (United States)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£121,000[1]

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

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] It was the only comedy Steel made while a star.[5]

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."[6]

Variety said it was "handled with an assured light touch by a competent cast".[7]

References
  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. Vagg, Stephen (23 September 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink.
  6. SOMETHING MONEY CAN'T BUY Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 19, Iss. 216, (Jan 1, 1952): 124.
  7. Review of film at Variety


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