Watch We Chose Skegness (1961) Online Free
A pools winning family with over Ј8,000 to spend can have a holiday anywhere they like. But they forgo the Costas for Skegness - but decide to do it in style.
Cast
Richard Baker, Jean Hurt, Briony Lill, Edmund Sayer, H.M. Cooper
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