Tons of Money is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Ralph Lynn, Yvonne Arnaud, Mary Brough, Robertson Hare and Gordon James, the same artistes responsible for the Aldwych farces. It was a remake of the 1924 film Tons of Money which had been based on the 1922 play Tons of Money by Will Evans and Arthur Valentine. It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams.
Premise
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
Cast
Ralph Lynn as Aubrey Allington
Yvonne Arnaud as Louise Allington
Mary Brough as Benita Mullet
Robertson Hare as Chesterman
Gordon James as George Maitland
Madge Saunders as Jane Everard
Philip Hewland as Henry
Willie Warde as Giles
John Turnbull as Sprules
Peggy Douglas as Simpson - the maid
References
Bibliography
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.