Value for Money (1955) (Part 1)

When John Henry Broadbent, a wealthy and notoriously miserly Yorkshire industrialist, dies, he leaves his son Chayley a legacy of £62,000, a princely sum in 1955. At first the young man seems to be just as tight-fisted as his father, much to the dismay of this long-suffering girlfriend Ethel, a journalist on a local paper. On a trip to London, however, Chayley decides to visit a nightclub where he meets a beautiful young showgirl, Ruthine. At first Ruthine does not take much interest in Chayley, but when she finds out how much he is worth she decides that he is a catch worth pursuing, and a battle breaks out between her and Ethel for his affections.

John Gregson as Chayley Broadbent
Diana Dors as Ruthine West
Susan Stephen as Ethel
Derek Farr as Duke Popplewell
Frank Pettingell as Mayor Higgins
Charles Victor as Lumm
Ernest Thesiger as Lord Dewsbury
Jill Adams as Joy
Joan Hickson as Mrs. Perkins
Donald Pleasence as Limpy
John Glyn-Jones as Arkwright
Leslie Phillips as Robjohns
Ferdy Mayne as Waiter
Charles Lloyd-Pack as Mr. Gidbrook