The Chiltern Hundreds
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...
Cast
David Tomlinson
Lord Tony Pym
Lana Morris
Bessie Sykes
Cecil Parker
Benjamin Beecham
Marjorie Fielding
Lady Lister
Tom Macaulay
Cleghorn
Joyce Carey
Lady Caroline
Helen Backlin
June Farrell
Robert Cawdron
Sergeant
Cyril Chamberlain
Sentry
Peggy Ann Clifford
Mother
Richard Dunn
Labour Agent
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lady Fielding
Bill Shine
Reporter
Dervis Ward
Driver
Desmond Llewelyn
First Guardsman (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
Vicar (uncredited)
John Wynn
Second Guardsman
A.E. Matthews
Lord Lister
Michael Brennan
Sergeant
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Languages
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- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
- Age rating
- G
- Quality
- 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
- Production
- Two Cities Films
Crew
Director
John Paddy Carstairs
Writers
William Douglas-Home, Patrick Kirwan
George Clark
Editor
Eleanor Abbey
Costume Design
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Benjamin Frankel
Original Music Composer
