Ellie and Malc Freeman are a working-class couple in their forties who live in a terrace house in a poor district of Liverpool. Ellie has a part-time job as a shop assistant; Malc is a warehouseman in a dead-end job. Ellie is convinced that Malc can do better. One day Ellie wins £1.5 million on the football pools. Resisting the temptation to spend all the money on herself, she invests it in a local security firm - on condition that they give Malc a job as a salesman... and that they don't reveal how he got his big break. But does Ellie like the man that her husband has turned into?
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
20 people
Lesley Dunlop
Ellie Freeman
Known for
Emmerdale
The Elephant Man
John McArdle
Malc Freeman
Known for
Emmerdale
Prime Suspect
Gurinder Chadha
Also in
The Stupids
Homemade
Laura Lamson
Kevin Loader
John Salthouse
Robert Beasley
Known for
The Great Train Robbery
Goal III: Taking on the World
Gillian White
Michelle Mendoza
David Yip
Ricky Ramon
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
A View to a Kill
Sean Gilder
Sean Murphy
Known for
The Fall
His Dark Materials
Petra Markham
Bella Beasley
Elizabeth Heery
Gabriella de Courtney
Known for
Jeeves and Wooster
The Lords of Discipline
Gurinder Chadha Director · Laura Lamson Screenplay
First release September 2, 1995 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 2, 1995
TV
No release date listed for United States.
Netherlands
November 14, 1997
More from Gurinder Chadha
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Rich Deceiver
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.