The Five Pound Man

Genre: Crime
Run time: 77 min
Premiere: 1937. January 1.

Director: Albert Parker
Writer: David Evans
Starring: Esma Cannon Edwin Styles Judy Gunn Frank Allenby

British comedy crime film. Richard Fordyce released from prison after serving a sentence for counterfeiting of which he was innocent, determines to find out who framed him. He puts himself up for auction and is bought for £5 by Margaret Fenton whose husband happened to be the counterfeiter.