The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
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...
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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David Tomlinson as Lord Tony Pym |
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Lana Morris as Bessie Sykes |
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Cecil Parker as Benjamin Beecham |
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Marjorie Fielding as Lady Lister |
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Tom Macaulay as Cleghorn |
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Joyce Carey as Lady Caroline |
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Helen Backlin as June Farrell |
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Robert Cawdron as Sergeant |
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Cyril Chamberlain as Sentry |
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Peggy Ann Clifford as Mother |
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Richard Dunn as Labour Agent |
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Ambrosine Phillpotts as Lady Fielding |
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Bill Shine as Reporter |
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Dervis Ward as Driver |
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Desmond Llewelyn as First Guardsman (uncredited) |
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Laurence Naismith as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Richard Wattis as Vicar (uncredited) |
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John Wynn as Second Guardsman |
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A.E. Matthews as Lord Lister |
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Michael Brennan as Sergeant |
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Charles Cullum as Colonel |
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Anthony Steel as Adjutant |
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Joan Hopkins as Flower Show Attendee (uncredited) |
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Gerald Andersen as Mr. Brown |
| Production | F. Sherwin Green | Production Manager |
| Sound | Desmond Dew | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John W. Mitchell | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Peter Bolton | Assistant Director |
| Art | Edward Marshall | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Olga Brook | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Sforzini | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivienne Walker | Hair Supervisor |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Directing | John Paddy Carstairs | Director |
| Writing | William Douglas-Home | Writer |
| Writing | Patrick Kirwan | Writer |
| Production | George H. Brown | Producer |
| Editing | George Clark | Editor |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Art | Ralph W. Brinton | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eleanor Abbey | Costume Design |
| Editing | Anne V. Coates | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Herbert Smith | Production Manager |
