Jack Brewster is a penniless English lad who learns that he has inherited six million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in six months or less to inherit the rest of the money, or forfeit the entire inheritance.
Is it worth your time? If you like old British comedies that move at a pace suggesting everyone had somewhere much better to be, then yeah, check this out. You’ll probably enjoy it if you find the concept of 'spending money fast' inherently funny, but if you need your movies to have, you know, actual logic, you might f...
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old British comedies that move at a pace suggesting everyone had somewhere much better to be, then yeah, check this out. You’ll probably enjoy it if you find the concept of 'spending money fast' inherently funny, but if you need your movies to have, you know, actual logic, you might find yourself checking your watch. People who hate black-and-white dialogue-heavy films will probably want to skip this one entirely. 🎥 There’s this frantic energy to Jack Buchana..."
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