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The Chiltern Hundreds
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Title: The Chiltern Hundreds

Release Date: 27 Sep 1949

Runtime: 1h 24m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Two Cities Films

Production Companies: Two Cities Films

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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Average Vote: 5 (4 votes)

Cast

  • Lord Tony Pym: David Tomlinson
  • Bessie Sykes: Lana Morris
  • Benjamin Beecham: Cecil Parker
  • Lady Lister: Marjorie Fielding
  • Cleghorn: Tom Macaulay
  • Lady Caroline: Joyce Carey
  • June Farrell: Helen Backlin
  • Sergeant: Robert Cawdron
  • Sentry: Cyril Chamberlain
  • Mother: Peggy Ann Clifford
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