Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
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- TriviaWhile popular in England where it was a box-office success and nominated for a BAFTA award, this movie did not sit well with Welsh audiences, who considered it too stereotypical.
- Goofs(Around 20 minutes) a man is singing in the street but in the long shot his mouth isn't moving at all.
- SoundtracksCwm Rhondda
(uncredited)
Written by John Ceiriog Hughes
Featured review
A Well Made British Comedy
This story is about two Welsh brothers who are miners from an unpronounceable place in Wales who win a contest to go to London to see a rugby match. Part of the winnings are 200 pounds, a considerable sum in those days. The pair arrive, completely miss the otherwise disinterested gardening columnist asked to give them the prize (a great Alec Guiness) and go to the city. They meet up with Jo (the beautiful Moira Lister) and it turns out she is a scam artist and wants the money, so she becomes closer to the naive Dai. The brothers end up losing each other, with Twm meeting up with an old friend from their town. Hee helps him get back his pawned harp. The film goes from there, the brothers trying to find each other, Jo trying to get the 200 pounds and the columnist trying to endure this, being clearly out of his element. This is a very good film, comic, dramatic and even touching. The last half hour is excellent as you see how the story unfolds. If you like British film, especially classic British film, I highly recommend this.
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- crossbow0106
- Dec 13, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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