The Million Pound Note (1954)
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
Director:
Ronald Neame
Writer:
Jill Craigie
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Gregory Peck as Henry Adams |
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Ronald Squire as Oliver Montpelier |
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Joyce Grenfell as Duchess of Cromarty |
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A.E. Matthews as Duke of Frognal |
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Maurice Denham as Jonathan Reid |
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Reginald Beckwith as Rock |
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Brian Oulton as Lloyd |
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John Slater as Parsons |
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Hartley Power as Lloyd Hastings |
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George Devine as Chop House Proprietor |
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Bryan Forbes as Todd |
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Gudrun Ure as Renie |
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Hugh Wakefield as Duke of Cromarty |
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Wilfrid Hyde-White as Roderick Montpelier |
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Jane Griffiths as Portia Lansdowne |
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Ronald Adam as Samuel Clements |
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Hugh Griffith as Potter |
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Christopher Hewett as Irate Investor |
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Ernest Thesiger as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director |
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Larry Dann as Boy |
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Andrew Faulds as Chief Assistant at Tailor Shop |
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Willoughby Goddard as Stockbroker |
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Harold Goodwin as Horace |
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May Hallatt as Hysterical Woman at Bumbles Hotel |
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Joan Hickson as Maggie |
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Hugh Latimer as Bumbles Hotel Receptionist |
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Eliot Makeham as Consulate Official |
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Percy Marmont as Lord Hurlingham |
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Gibb McLaughlin as Sir William Collinge |
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Laurence Naismith as Walter Craddock |
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Hal Osmond as Arthur |
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Mona Washbourne as Mum with Pram |
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Ian Wilson as Photographer |
| Directing | Ronald Neame | Director |
| Production | E.M. Smedley-Aston | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Robert Asher | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Mark Twain | Story |
| Editing | Clive Donner | Editor |
| Production | John Bryan | Producer |
| Crew | Arthur Alcott | Production Controller |
| Art | Jack Maxsted | Art Direction |
| Camera | Geoffrey Unsworth | Director of Photography |
| Camera | James Bawden | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Joan Bridge | Other |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | William Alwyn | Original Music Composer |
| Art | John Box | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Biddy Chrystal | Hairdresser |
| Art | Dario Simoni | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Writing | Jill Craigie | Screenplay |
| Sound | Dudley Messenger | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Winston Ryder | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Furse | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Blackler | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Earl St. John | Executive Producer |