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{{Infobox film
| name = A Run for Your Money
| image = "A_Run_for_Your_Money"_(1949).jpg

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| director = [[Charles Frend]]
| writer = [[Clifford Evans (actor)|Clifford Evans]] (story) [[Richard Hughes (writer)|Richard Hughes]] [[Leslie Norman (director)|Leslie Norman]] Charles Frend [[Diana Morgan (screenwriter)|Diana Morgan]] (add. dialogue)
| producer = [[Michael Balcon]] Leslie Norman
| starring = [[Donald Houston]] [[Meredith Edwards (actor)|Meredith Edwards]] [[Moira Lister]] [[Alec Guinness]] [[Hugh Griffith]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = [[Douglas Slocombe]]
| editing = [[Michael Truman]]
| music = [[Ernest Irving]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1949|11|23|df=y}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =£141,221<ref name="money">Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 356.</ref>
| gross =
}}

'''''A Run for Your Money''''' is a 1949 [[Ealing Studios]] [[comedy film]] starring [[Donald Houston]] and [[Meredith Edwards (actor)|Meredith Edwards]] as two [[Wales|Welshmen]] visiting [[London]] for the first time. The supporting cast includes [[Alec Guinness]], [[Moira Lister]] and [[Hugh Griffith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b4c4784|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713130308/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b4c4784|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-13|title=A Run for Your Money|work=BFI}}</ref>

==Plot==
Two Welsh coal miners from (fictional) Hafoduwchbenceubwllymarchogcoch, David 'Dai Number 9' Jones (Donald Houston) and Thomas 'Twm' Jones (Meredith Edwards), win a contest run by the ''Echo'' [[newspaper]]. The prize is £100 each, plus the best seats for an important [[rugby union]] match between England and Wales at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]]. For the naive Welshmen, this is their first trip to England.

They are supposed to be met at Paddington station by Whimple (Alec Guinness), a gardening columnist on the paper, but nobody told them. Then the two miners become separated when Dai is picked up by attractive [[con artist]] Jo (Moira Lister) after she overhears them talking about the prize money. At Jo's suggestion, she and Dai go to the newspaper to collect the money. The editor makes Whimple responsible for showing Dai around, but Jo soon manages to lose him. Whimple hears about Jo's criminal methods from a fellow reporter and runs out in search of them. As they spend time together, Dai begins to fall in love with Jo, though he already has a girlfriend back in Wales: Bronwen, the boss's secretary.

Meanwhile, Twm recognizes a familiar face: Huw Price (Hugh Griffith), a down-on-his-luck harpist and traditional [[Bard|Chief Singer]] with whom he had once won the grand prize at an [[Eisteddfod|important Welsh music festival]]. They go looking for Dai (between drinks at various pubs). By the time they arrive at the ''Echo'' to collect Twm's share of the prize, they're sopping drunk. Not knowing who Twm is, the editor has the pair kicked out. Eventually, Twm and Huw give up and go to the rugby match, getting there just as it ends (Wales wins). There, they meet up with Whimple.

Jo takes Dai shopping for a diamond ring for Bronwen; her confederate Barney ([[Leslie Perrins]]) tries to cheat him, but Dai changes his mind about which ring he wants and ends up getting a fair deal. Jo takes him back to her flat so Barney can sneak in and steal Dai's money. Dai proposes that she move to Wales and offers to give her money to pay for the fare, but then he remembers Bronwen and changes his mind. Disappointed more than she expected, she steals his money. Just then, Whimple shows up and tells Dai the truth about the woman, but she runs off.

A chase ensues. Dai gets Jo's purse, with the money in it, and runs to catch the train back to Wales, where he is reunited with Twm and Huw. Jo and Barney bring a policeman and accuse Dai of being a thief; to avoid trouble, Dai gives back the purse. As the train pulls out though, Jo throws him back his money, much to Barney's disgust.

==Cast==
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*[[Donald Houston]] as David 'Dai Number 9' Jones
*[[Meredith Edwards (actor)|Meredith Edwards]] as Thomas 'Twm' Jones
*[[Moira Lister]] as Jo
*[[Alec Guinness]] as Whimple
*[[Hugh Griffith]] as Huw
*[[Clive Morton]] as Editor of the ''Echo''
*Julie Milton as Bronwen
*Peter Edwards as Davies
*[[Joyce Grenfell]] as Mrs. Pargiter
*[[Leslie Perrins]] as Barney
{{div col end}}

==Production==
All the music in this film is based on traditional Welsh songs.

Much of it was filmed on location in London. [[Nantymoel railway station|Nant-y-Moel]] was used for scenes of the Welsh village's railway station. There are a number of joking references to the deprivations and regulations of postwar England.

Hafoduwchbenceubwllymarchogcoch: {{lang|cy|Hafod uwchben ceubwll y marchog coch}} translates roughly as 'Shed over the cess-pit of the red knight'.

==Reception==
According to ''[[The Independent]]'', most Welsh filmgoers didn't like it, believing it played to stereotypes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-meredith-edwards-1071003.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202112300/http://independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-meredith-edwards-1071003.html |archive-date=2009-02-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Obituary: Meredith Edwards |author=Meic Stephens |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=15 February 1999 |access-date=9 July 2009}}</ref> However, it was generally very popular with British audiences and was nominated for a [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|BAFTA]] award (for Best British Film) in 1950.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041831/awards?ref_=tt_awd A Run for Your Money] at IMDb</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0041831}}

{{Charles Frend}}
{{Michael Balcon}}

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[[Category:1949 films]]
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[[Category:British comedy films]]
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[[Category:Films set in England]]
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[[Category:Films set in Wales]]
[[Category:Ealing Studios films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Charles Frend]]
[[Category:Films produced by Michael Balcon]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
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