Two a Penny

Two a Penny is a 1967 British film, released nationally in 1968, featuring singer Cliff Richard. The film was directed by James F. Collier and produced by Frank R. Jacobson for Billy Graham's film distribution and production company World Wide Pictures.[1][2] The original story and screenplay was written by Stella Linden.

The cast included Ann Holloway, Dora Bryan, Avril Angers, Geoffrey Bayldon, Peter Barkworth, Mona Washbourne, Earl Cameron, Charles Lloyd-Pack, and Billy Graham himself, filmed at his "London Crusade" in 1967.

Jamie Hopkins (Cliff Richard)[3] is an art student and frustrated pop star who lives with his mother (Dora Bryan). She works as a receptionist for Dr. Berman (Donald Bisset), a psychiatrist who is experimenting with psychedelic drugs. Jamie wants to make money quickly, and begins to work at the doctor's office as a pretence in order to steal drugs.[4]

When his girlfriend Carol (Ann Holloway) is converted to Christianity while attending a crusade led by evangelist Billy Graham, she attempts to show him the error of his ways. Soon after, Jamie is caught stealing from Dr. Berman's drug supply, and attempting to double-cross drug dealer Alec Fitch (Geoffrey Bayldon).

Initially hostile toward his girlfriend's newfound faith, Jamie eventually accepts it.

The "Billy Graham movies" were an effort to "extend the Billy Graham ministry into a filmic medium."[2] Their standards of success were therefore not the usual Hollywood standards.[5] This film followed one of several formulas,[2] developing a small cult following due to several notable factors, as Peter T. Chattaway writes:

The soundtrack album Two a Penny by Cliff Richard was released in August 1968. It was his fifth film soundtrack and his twenty-third album overall.[6]

Accompaniment is credited to the Mike Leander Orchestra and production to Norrie Paramor.[7]

Track listing: Side A:

Side B: