Cary Grant just as he was coming into his own as a Hollywood icon went back to the UK to make this mild independent production that was released here by the short lived Grand National Studios.
As Ernest Bliss he's a rather indolent and bored rich young twit and is feeling run down lately. His doctor talks to him like a Dutch uncle, saying his only problem is that if he had to work for a living he wouldn't be so bored. The doctor bets Cary that he couldn't go for a year just living on wages he'd make from a job.
Today we would call people like this trust fund babies. Two examples of that, each in their own way, would be Paris Hilton and Michael Moore. Cary takes him up on the challenge and does in fact live for a year himself on his own wages from various jobs.
Cary does cheat a little though, he reaches into his trust fund, but to help other people. And he does learn a lesson about what ordinary people have to deal with.
In real life Grant knew full well. As Archie Leach in London he grew up in some very humble circumstances and knew full well what hard work was all about.
Though Cary's performance was fine, the production values on this film were pretty shoddy. There was material for an A picture though, Frank Capra should have done this story and James Stewart would have been great had the location been America.
As Ernest Bliss he's a rather indolent and bored rich young twit and is feeling run down lately. His doctor talks to him like a Dutch uncle, saying his only problem is that if he had to work for a living he wouldn't be so bored. The doctor bets Cary that he couldn't go for a year just living on wages he'd make from a job.
Today we would call people like this trust fund babies. Two examples of that, each in their own way, would be Paris Hilton and Michael Moore. Cary takes him up on the challenge and does in fact live for a year himself on his own wages from various jobs.
Cary does cheat a little though, he reaches into his trust fund, but to help other people. And he does learn a lesson about what ordinary people have to deal with.
In real life Grant knew full well. As Archie Leach in London he grew up in some very humble circumstances and knew full well what hard work was all about.
Though Cary's performance was fine, the production values on this film were pretty shoddy. There was material for an A picture though, Frank Capra should have done this story and James Stewart would have been great had the location been America.