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Great fun... you can bank on it! - The Million Pound Note
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Title: The Million Pound Note

Release Date: 7 Jan 1954

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genre: Comedy

Director: The Rank Organisation

Production Companies: The Rank Organisation

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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Average Vote: 6.8 (63 votes)

Cast

  • Henry Adams: Gregory Peck
  • Oliver Montpelier: Ronald Squire
  • Duchess of Cromarty: Joyce Grenfell
  • Duke of Frognal: A.E. Matthews
  • Jonathan Reid: Maurice Denham
  • Rock: Reginald Beckwith
  • Lloyd: Brian Oulton
  • Parsons: John Slater
  • Lloyd Hastings: Hartley Power
  • Chop House Proprietor: George Devine
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