The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)

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Original Title: The Chiltern Hundreds

Release Date: September 27, 1949

Runtime: 84 minutes

Budget: $0.0

Revenue: $0.0

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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Cast

David Tomlinson

Lord Tony Pym

Lana Morris

Bessie Sykes

Cecil Parker

Benjamin Beecham

Joyce Carey

Lady Caroline

Desmond Llewelyn

First Guardsman (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith

Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Wattis

Vicar (uncredited)

A.E. Matthews

Lord Lister

Joan Hopkins

Flower Show Attendee (uncredited)

Crew

Jack Hildyard

Director of Photography

Anne V. Coates

Assistant Editor

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