Live Now Pay Later (1962) | Opening Scenes (Clip 1) - Ian Hendry June Ritchie

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Live Now Pay Later (1962)
The film paints a vivid, valuable picture of early-1960s credit boom Britain, when austerity had become prosperity - even if the world was still in black-and-white - and the masses were coming to terms with their newfound spending power and learning to live beyond their means, thanks to the miracle of hire purchase.
Screenplay by Jack Trevor Story
The origins of the film remain somewhat murky. Apparently, film-maker Jay Lewis began by asking the writer Jack Trevor Story - the man who provided the source novel for Hitchcock's darkly droll The Trouble with Harry -- to adapt for the screen a novel by one Jack Lindsay, entitled All on the Never-Never. The book focuses on a housewife who gets into debt and, rather than tell her husband, resorts to prostitution.
This somehow turned into a vaguely related scenario revolving around a cheeky, energetic, bed-hopping jack-the-lad of a door-to-door salesman - or "tally boy" - by the name of Albert Argyle.
Extract from Live Now Pay Later (1962)
Ian Hendry Albert Argyle
June Ritchie Treasure
John Gregson Callendar
Liz Fraser Joyce Corby
Geoffrey Keen Reggie Corby
Ronald Howard Cedric Mason
Judith Furse Mrs Ackroyd
Nyree Dawn Porter Marjorie Mason
Jay Lewis - Director
Jack Hildyard Director Of Photography
Jack Trevor Story - Screenwriter
Jack Hanbury - Producer
Roger Cherrill - Editor

[@larushka1]

Hi. Love this. It was shot on the street I grew up on. That house 51 was a family member's. Some of us kids on the street were extras. Such an exciting day! Thanks for the memories.

[@IanHendryActor]

Thanks for sharing your memories! Did you see/ meet the cast at all?

[@larushka1]

Yes! But I only remember you. I was 10. Those opening scenes were shot over two days. We even took off school. I will never forget they had us kids on the street do a scene running after an ice cream van. Don't remember if it ever made it into the final cut. But it was exciting times.

[@IanHendryActor]

Great, so good to hear and thanks for your reply. I have a copy of the film, so will have to watch it again to see if that scene did make it into the final cut or not. It must have been funny seeing your relatives home used in the film. I am Ian's nephew - he passed a few years back now, but I try to keep his memory alive here and through the website and Facebook page. If you are interested in writing a short piece about your experience of the filming and taking part, I'd be happy to feature it on the website. I can always be contacted here: ianhendry.com/contact/ Thanks again for sharing your memories!

[@larushka1]

Ha! Of course I should have realized that your uncle passed many years ago. So nice of you to maintain his memory.

[@IanHendryActor]

Thanks - and if I find the scene with children chasing after an ice cream van I'll upload it!

[@misfit2022]

Good film and great performance from Ian Hendry right down to the Charlie Chaplin impression. I see a lot of similarities with Alfie filmed in 1966 so I suspect the timing was better for such a character then but also Live Now becomes more bleak as the film goes on. Liz Fraser is also very good and far from her bubbly carry on style persona. Ian Hendry also appears in one of my favourite horror films Theatre of Blood.