The Chiltern Hundreds
The Chiltern Hundreds
Release: 1949-09-27
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 5.0
Comedy
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...
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Two Cities Films
Cast
Bill Shine
as Reporter
Richard Wattis
as Vicar (uncredited)
Joan Hopkins
as Flower Show Attendee (uncredited)
David Tomlinson
as Lord Tony Pym
Joyce Carey
as Lady Caroline
Ambrosine Phillpotts
as Lady Fielding
Marjorie Fielding
as Lady Lister
Cyril Chamberlain
as Sentry
Desmond Llewelyn
as First Guardsman (uncredited)
A.E. Matthews
as Lord Lister
Anthony Steel
as Adjutant
Lana Morris
as Bessie Sykes
Cecil Parker
as Benjamin Beecham
Laurence Naismith
as Reporter (uncredited)
Michael Brennan
as Sergeant
