The Million Pound Note
Great fun... you can bank on it!
1954 · 1h 30m · APPROVED
Comedy
Directed by
Ronald Neame
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.
Director and cast
- Ronald Neame Director
- Gregory Peck as Henry Adams
- Ronald Squire as Oliver Montpelier
- Joyce Grenfell as Duchess of Cromarty
- A. E. Matthews as Duke of Frognal
- A.E. Matthews as Duke of Frognal
- Maurice Denham as Jonathan Reid
- Reginald Beckwith as Rock
- Brian Oulton as Lloyd
- John Slater as Parsons
- Hartley Power as Lloyd Hastings
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