We're Going to Be Rich
| We're Going to Be Rich | |
|---|---|
 Publicity brochure | |
| Directed by | Monty Banks |
| Produced by | Samuel G. Engel |
| Written by |
Sam Hellman Rohama Siegel James Edward Grant |
| Starring |
Gracie Fields Victor McLaglen Brian Donlevy |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date | 3 July 1938 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
We're Going to Be Rich is a 1938 British historical musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy.
Production
The film was the first made following Fields switch from Ealing Studios to 20th Century Fox. It was shot at Denham Studios.[1] It was made with a budget of $500,000.[2]
Synopsis
During the 1880s Kit Dobson, an English music hall singer performing in Australia, has scraped together enough money to buy a passage home to Britain with plans to settle down. However, unknown to her, her unreliable boyfriend has used most of the money to buy a gold mine in South Africa. They arrive in Gold Rush Johannesburg only to find that they have been swindled. The only option left for them is for Kit to seek a job singing in a saloon run by an American known as Yankee Gordon.
Cast
- Gracie Fields as Kit Dobson
- Victor McLaglen as Dobbie
- Brian Donlevy as Yankee Gordon
- Coral Browne as Pearl
- Ted Smith as Tim
- Gus McNaughton as Broderick
- Charles Carson as Keeler
- Syd Crossley as Jake
- Hal Gordon as Charlie
- Robert Nainby as Judge
- Charles Harrison as Rat Face
- Tom Payne as Kinch
- Don McCorkindale as Killer
- Joe Mott as Manager
- Alex Davies as Kimberley Kid
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.