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.
We're Going to Be Rich | |
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Directed by | Monty Banks |
Written by | Sam Hellman Rohama Siegel James Edward Grant |
Produced by | Samuel G. Engel |
Starring | Gracie Fields Victor McLaglen Brian Donlevy |
Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
Music by | Bretton Byrd |
Production company | Twentieth Century Fox |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date | 3 July 1938 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.
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]
The films of Monty Banks | |
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