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Half a sixpence [videorecording (DVD)].

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Paramount, 2004.

Widescreen DVD collection.

Video Difference legacy collection.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (145 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.

Based on the musical "Half a sixpence" adapted from the novel "Kipps" by H.G. Wells.

English dialogue, with optional English subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

Paramount Pictures presents a Charles H. Schneer-George Sidney production ; produced by Charles H. Schneer and George Sidney ; screenplay by Beverley Cross ; directed by George Sidney ; director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; art director, Peter Murton ; editors, Bill Lewthwaite, Frank Santillo ; music, David Heneker ; costumer designers, Joan Bridges, Elizabeth Haffenden ; production designer, Ted Haworth.

Tommy Steele, Julia Foster, Cyril Ritchard, Penelope Horner, Elaine Taylor, Grover Dale, Hilton Edwards, Julia Sutton, Leslie Meadows.

Based on the H.G. Wells story Kipps, Half a Sixpence tells the tale of a humble London drapery clerk (British musical star Tommy Steele) who inherits a fortune. He briefly forgets his old mates and his faithful girl friend (Julia Foster), but soon discovers that High Society isn't his cup of tea.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Sidney, George, 1916-2002.

Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977.

Horner, Penelope.

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Kipps. Film adaptations.

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