The Million Pound Note (1954)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.5495 |
Directed By
Ronald Neame
Crew
Ronald Neame
Mark Twain
Jill Craigie
William Alwyn
Muir Mathieson
Geoffrey Unsworth
Clive Donner
E.M. Smedley-Aston
Arthur Alcott
Jack Maxsted
John Box
Margaret Furse
James Bawden
Dudley Messenger
Gordon K. McCallum
Winston Ryder
Robert Asher
George Blackler
Biddy Chrystal
Dario Simoni
Joan Bridge
John Bryan
Earl St. John
TOP CAST
Gregory Peck
Henry Adams
Ronald Squire
Oliver Montpelier
Joyce Grenfell
Duchess of Cromarty
A.E. Matthews
Duke of Frognal
Maurice Denham
Jonathan Reid
Reginald Beckwith
Rock
Brian Oulton
Lloyd
John Slater
Parsons
Hartley Power
Lloyd Hastings
George Devine
Chop House Proprietor
Bryan Forbes
Todd
Gudrun Ure
Renie
Hugh Wakefield
Duke of Cromarty
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Roderick Montpelier
Jane Griffiths
Portia Lansdowne
Ronald Adam
Samuel Clements
Hugh Griffith
Potter
Christopher Hewett
Irate Investor
Ernest Thesiger
Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
Larry Dann
Boy
Andrew Faulds
Chief Assistant at Tailor Shop
Willoughby Goddard
Stockbroker
Harold Goodwin
Horace
May Hallatt
Hysterical Woman at Bumbles Hotel
Joan Hickson
Maggie
Hugh Latimer
Bumbles Hotel Receptionist
Eliot Makeham
Consulate Official
Percy Marmont
Lord Hurlingham
Gibb McLaughlin
Sir William Collinge
Laurence Naismith
Walter Craddock
Hal Osmond
Arthur
Mona Washbourne
Mum with Pram
Ian Wilson
Photographer
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