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- Mrs. Burry *

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- Alec Fitch *

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- Vicar *

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- Dr. Berman * Edward Evans - Jenkins *

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- Mrs. Duckett * Tina Packer - Gladys *

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- Verger *

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- Dennis Lancaster * Nigel Goodwin - Hubert *

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- Reverend Allison *

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- Himself

Reception

The "

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movies" were an effort to "extend the Billy Graham ministry into a filmic medium." Their standards of success were therefore not the usual Hollywood standards. This film followed one of several formulas, developing a small cult following due to several notable factors, as Peter T. Chattaway writes:

''Two a Penny'' stars
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, who I do admire, as well as a number of actors I fondly recognize from other British films (including '' To Sir with Love'' and ''
The Family Way ''The Family Way'' is a 1966 British comedy-drama film about the marital difficulties of a young newlywed couple living in a crowded house with the husband's family. Based on Bill Naughton's play '' All in Good Time'' (1963), the film began lif ...
''); because it is the only film so far in which dramatic action takes place on the actual platform from which
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speaks at the London crusade (in contrast to all the other films, where footage of Graham’s sermons is spliced into an otherwise unrelated dramatic story, and the closest the characters ever get to the stage is milling about with the other converts after they come forward); because it is the first film in which the title song represents a character’s troubled inner thoughts and not the message of the film; because it ends on an ambiguous note in which the protagonist’s
salvation Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its ...
is still kind of up in the air; and for other, smaller reasons besides. Alas, the version on the WWP website is only 65 minutes or so, but I understand a 97-minute version is available on DVD in Britain... Still, even in its bowdlerized form, the film’s merits do come through.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album ''Two a Penny'' by

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was released in August 1968. It was his fifth film soundtrack and his twenty-third album overall. Accompaniment is credited to the

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Orchestra and production to

Norrie Paramor Norman William Paramor (15 May 1914 – 9 September 1979), known professionally as Norrie Paramor, was a British record producer, composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and orchestral conductor. He is best known for his work with Cliff R ...

. Track listing:
Side A: #Two A Penny (2:44) #" I'll Love You Forever Today" (3:08) #"Questions" (2:53) #"Long Is The Night" (instrumental) (2:32) #"Lonely Girl" (3:09) #"And Me (I'm On The Outside Now)" (3:02) #"Daybreak" (instrumental) (2:20) Side B: #"

Twist and Shout "Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). It was originally recorded by the Top Notes, but it did not become a hit in the record charts until it was reworked by the Isley Brothers ...

" (2:39) #"Celeste" (instrumental) (2:47) #"Wake Up Wake Up" (2:37) #"Cloudy" (2:19) #"

Red Rubber Ball "Red Rubber Ball" is a pop song written by Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and recorded by The Cyrkle, whose version reached 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and in South Africa and New Zealand. In Canada ...

" (2:07) #"Close to Kathy" (2:57) #"Rattler" (2:52)

References

External links

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Soundtrack at All Music Guide
{{DEFAULTSORT:Two A Penny 1968 films British drama films 1968 musical films Films about evangelicalism Films directed by James F. Collier 1960s English-language films 1960s British films

Plot

Cast

Reception

Soundtrack

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