A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Jack Warner
as Philip Stafford
Greta Gynt
as Pat Parsons
Marjorie Fielding
as Ruth Stafford
Yvonne Owen
as Carol Stafford
Jack Watling
as Dennis Stafford
Petula Clark
as Jackie Stafford
Mabel Constanduros
as Grandma Stafford
David Tomlinson
as Martin Latham
Maurice Denham
as Detective-Inspector Kirby
Mervyn Johns
as Herbert Atkins
Dennis Price
as Joe Henty
Joan Young
as Agnes Atkins
