Tons of Money (play)

Aubrey's supposed death in an explosion in his laboratory enables him to come to life again masquerading as the cousin from Mexico, able to collect the full legacy.

Meanwhile Sprules, the family butler, has got wind of the plot, and seeks to cash in by arranging for his brother to impersonate the Mexican cousin.

[5] Alan Ayckbourn updated and directed the play in 1986 in a revival by the National Theatre starring Polly Adams and Simon Cadell, with Michael Gambon as Sprules.

A 1924 silent film Tons of Money was directed by Frank Hall Crane and starred Leslie Henson.

[9] Tons of Money was adapted into a musical in Australia in 1924 by Vaiben Louis and Willy Redstone and the producer Hugh J.

young white couple embracing happily
Yvonne Arnaud and Ralph Lynn as the Allingtons in the original 1922 production
man in falst beard wearing a sombrero
Aubrey in Mexican disguise
two men peering cautiously at each other from either side of a door
Henry ( Tom Walls ) meets the real cousin
elderly, gloomy looking man in gardening apron
Giles the glum gardener ( Willie Warde )