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The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Comedy · 1h 24m
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
Cast
David Tomlinson
Lord Tony Pym
Lana Morris
Bessie Sykes
Cecil Parker
Benjamin Beecham
Marjorie Fielding
Lady Lister
T
Tom Macaulay
Cleghorn
Joyce Carey
Lady Caroline
H
Helen Backlin
June Farrell
R
Robert Cawdron
Sergeant
Cyril Chamberlain
Sentry
P
Peggy Ann Clifford
Mother
R
Richard Dunn
Labour Agent
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lady Fielding
Crew
- Director
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Writer
- William Douglas-Home, Patrick Kirwan
- Director of Photography
- Jack Hildyard
- Original Music Composer
- Benjamin Frankel
- Editor
- George Clark
- Producer
- George H. Brown
Details
- Release date
- 1949-09-27
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Two Cities Films