Make Mine a Million (1959)
Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak a plug for Sid's suds into a live TV spectacular. The public goes bananas for the product but to maintain sales Sid and Arthur must arrange for ever more outrageous plugs on TV shows. The Ascots races, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo - no show is safe.
- Data de estreia
- 1959-02-24
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (6)
- Duração
- 1 h 17 min
- Géneros
- Comédia
- Realizador
- Lance Comfort
Elenco
- Arthur Askey — Arthur Ashton
- Sidney James — Sid Gibson
- Dermot Walsh — Martin Russell
- Olga Lindo — Mrs. Burgess
- Clive Morton — National TV Director General
- George Margo — Assistant
- Lionel Murton — Commercial TV Director
- Bernard Cribbins — Jack
- Kenneth Connor — Anxious Husband
- Sally Barnes — Sally
- Leigh Madison — Diana
- Bruce Seton — Supt. James
Curiosidades
Make Mine a Million is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Lance Comfort, starring Arthur Askey, Sid James and Bernard Cribbins. It was written by Askey, Peter Blackmore, Jack Francis and Talbot Rothwell, and distributed by British Lion. The film parodies the perceived stuffiness of the 1950s BBC and the effect of television advertising in the era.
Production
Filming began on 7 July 1958 at Shepperton Studios near London with sets designed by the art director Denis Wreford. It was known during filming as Look Before You Laugh.
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