Make Mine a Million (1959)
1h 17m
Running Time
January 1, 1959Release Date
Make Mine a Million (1959)
1h 17m
Running Time
January 1, 1959Release Date
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Arthur Askey
Arthur Ashton
Sid James
Sid Gibson
Dermot Walsh
Martin Russell
Olga Lindo
Mrs. Burgess
Clive Morton
National TV Director General
Lance Comfort
Director
George Margo
Assistant
Peter Blackmore
Writer
Lionel Murton
Commercial TV Director
Bernard Cribbins
Jack
Jack Francis
Writer
Kenneth Connor
Anxious Husband
Talbot Rothwell
Writer
Sally Barnes
Sally
John Baxter
Producer
Stanley Black
Composer
Leigh Madison
Diana
Bruce Seton
Supt. James
Tom Gill
Mr. Langtree
Richard Caldicot
Assistant Director General
David Nettheim
Professor
Sabrina
Herself
Tommy Trinder
Himself
Barbara Windsor
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Details.
Wiki.
Make Mine a Million is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Lance Comfort, starring Arthur Askey, Sid James, and Bernard Cribbins. The film parodies the stuffiness of the 1950s BBC and the effect of television advertising in the era.
It was shot at Shepperton Studios near London with sets designed by the art director Denis Wreford. The film was distributed by British Lion.