Article: Grandad on his way to Cannes in tale worthy of the movies.(News)

Byline: By Rhodri Owen and Ceri Jones Western Mail

As hollywood fairy tales go it would be enough to inspire a movie of its own.

It's the unlikely story of a 69-year-old retired machine worker from Pembrokeshire who decided to make a feature film with a friend.

He aimed high, set his heart on a remake of the stylish Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn thriller, Charade, and opted to switch the action from Paris to the oil port of Milford Haven.

Then after he re-mortgaged his home to hire a cast and a crew, his dream of the big time finally came ...

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