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Mother and Son – The Money (1984)

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At the bank

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

Maggie wants to cash her pension cheques at the bank so that she can offer Arthur the money to buy a new car.

Curator’s notes

Who would have thought that such a bittersweet scene could be so funny? When the bank’s processes are applied to the dippy Maggie Beare, is it Maggie or the bank that is revealed to be ridiculous? Ruth Cracknell, playing Maggie Beare, is brilliant. She plays Maggie intuitively swinging from assertive to helpless, switching in a split second from one to the other to serve her objectives.