
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
Overview
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...
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 1.592 |
Directed By
John Paddy Carstairs
Crew
Peter Bolton
Olga Brook
Edward Marshall
Tony Sforzini
F. Sherwin Green
John W. Mitchell
Vivienne Walker
Muir Mathieson
Desmond Dew
George H. Brown
William Douglas-Home
Patrick Kirwan
Ralph W. Brinton
Maude Spector
John Paddy Carstairs
Eleanor Abbey
George Clark
Anne V. Coates
Benjamin Frankel
Jack Hildyard
Herbert Smith
TOP CAST

David Tomlinson
Lord Tony Pym

Lana Morris
Bessie Sykes

Cecil Parker
Benjamin Beecham

Marjorie Fielding
Lady Lister
Tom Macaulay
Cleghorn

Joyce Carey
Lady Caroline
Helen Backlin
June Farrell
Robert Cawdron
Sergeant

Cyril Chamberlain
Sentry
Peggy Ann Clifford
Mother
Richard Dunn
Labour Agent

Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lady Fielding

Bill Shine
Reporter
Dervis Ward
Driver

Desmond Llewelyn
First Guardsman (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith
Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Wattis
Vicar (uncredited)
John Wynn
Second Guardsman

A.E. Matthews
Lord Lister

Michael Brennan
Sergeant
Charles Cullum
Colonel

Anthony Steel
Adjutant

Joan Hopkins
Flower Show Attendee (uncredited)
Gerald Andersen
Mr. Brown