The Wrong Box
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| Directed by | Bryan Forbes |
| Produced by | Bryan Forbes Jack Rix Larry Gelbart Burt Shevelove |
| Written by | Larry Gelbart Burt Shevelove |
| Starring | John Mills Ralph Richardson Michael Caine Nanette Newman Peter Cook Dudley Moore |
| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | Gerry Turpin |
| Editing by | Alan Osbiston |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  27 May 1966 |
| Running time | 107 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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- This article is about the film. For the novel see The Wrong Box (novel).
The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film made by Salamander Film Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. The film is notable for using intertitles to describe the action, a technique usually associated with silent films.
It stars a number of Britain's best comic actors of the time, including John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Peter Sellers, Irene Handl and Tony Hancock.
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[edit] Plot
The plot concerns two brothers (John Mills and Ralph Richardson) who are the last surviving members of a tontine, an investment scheme set up many years before in which the last surviving member stands to receive a fortune. This sets up the premise with Mills' character trying to kill Richardson's, by various fantastical means. Michael Caine plays Mills' grandson, a dim-witted medical student, and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore play Richardson's two greedy nephews.
[edit] Cast
- John Mills as Masterman Finsbury
- Ralph Richardson as Joseph Finsbury
- Michael Caine as Michael Finsbury
- Peter Cook as Morris Finsbury
- Dudley Moore as John Finsbury
- Nanette Newman as Julia Finsbury
- Peter Sellers as Dr. Pratt
- Tony Hancock as Detective
- Wilfrid Lawson as Peacock
- Thorley Walters as Lawyer Patience
- Cicely Courtneidge as Major Martha
- Irene Handl as Mrs. Hackett
- John Le Mesurier as Dr. Slattery
[edit] Trivia
- The first film of Peter Cook
- The first film of Dudley Moore
- The last film of Tony Hancock, who only made 5 films
- Patrick Cargill was cut out of the film
- At his request, Ralph Richardson wore the same jacket as he did for his role of Alexander Gromeko in Doctor Zhivago
- Made at Pinewood Studios and on location in the Royal Crescent in Bath
[edit] External links
- The Wrong Box BFI Film & TV Database
- The Wrong Box Article from Railway Cuttings, a website about Tony Hancock
- The Wrong Box Britmovie article
- The Wrong Box Radio Times review
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