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United Kingdom
7.0 1h 20m

Home and Away

When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in partnership with the son of a woman against whom George has some ill feelings.

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Top Cast

  • Jack Warner

    Jack Warner

    George Knowles

  • Kathleen Harrison

    Kathleen Harrison

    Elsie Knowles

  • Lana Morris

    Lana Morris

    Mary Knowles

  • Charles Victor

    Charles Victor

    Ted Groves

  • Thora Hird

    Thora Hird

    Margie Groves

  • Leslie Henson

    Leslie Henson

    Uncle Tom

  • Valerie White

    Valerie White

    Mrs. Jarvis

  • Harry Fowler

    Harry Fowler

    Syd Jarvis

  • Kate O'Mara

    Kate O'Mara

    Annie Knowles

Overview

When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in partnership with the son of a woman against whom George has some ill feelings.

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  • John Chard
    John Chard
    7 Aug 10, 2019

    Football Pools or Fools? Home and Away is directed by Vernon Sewell and Sewell co-writes the screenplay with Heather McIntyre and R.F. Delderfield. It stars Jack warner, Thora Hird, Kathleen Harrison, Lana Morris, Charles Victor and Valerie White. Music is by Robert Sharples and cimematography by Basil Emmott. A working class British family's luck seems to have turned when the father hits the jackpot on the football pools... How wonderfully quaint and of its time, this harks back to an era when all the family lived under one roof, where the patriarch's opinion held sway and any woman who was remotely flighty was looked down upon. This was before the lottery's of the world started to take a hold and dangled riches beyond compare to the lucky winners. Back here in the 1950s there was The Football Pools, a coupon you would fill out in the hope of toting up enough points from football match predictions of the week and snag the jackpot. Hope springs eternal... George Knowles (Warner) thinks he has finally cracked it, and thus the celebrations begin - but then there's a twist and the film kicks on to something more darker in tone. It's the reactions of all involved that keeps this ever watchable, the humour derived from the catty barbs the women throw at each other, and then the male foibles also come to the fore. The message of money as poison is deftly played, as is the family values angle, and while it doesn't finish off with a bang, pic has a comforting feel that has made worth the time investment. 6.5/10

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