- BFI identifier37888
- Date1953 (Copyright)
1954-02-08 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisPeriod comedy. A penniless American sailor in Edwardian London is given a banknote worth one million pounds as part of a wager to test whether it is possible to live for a month on the reputation of a millionaire without ever having to spend any money. Believing him very wealthy, people treat the sailor with great deference and he is able to avoid breaking into the note for weeks. The situation grows complicated, however, when he falls for a lady who does not care for his wealth, and also when the note goes missing and he is seen as a fraud. (Synopsis)
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- Credits
- CastGregory Peck (Henry Adams)
Ronald Squire (Oliver Montpelier)
Joyce Grenfell (Duchess of Cromarty)
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35mm Original Cyan Separation Negative - CTA - Mute - Master
35mm Original Magenta Separation Negative - CTA - Mute - Master
35mm Separation Promaster - CTA - Mute - Status pending
35mm Magenta Separation Promaster - Acetate - Mute - Master
35mm Cyan Separation Promaster - CTA - Mute - Master
35mm Master Positive - Acetate - Sound - Master
35mm Colour Promaster - Acetate - Mute - Master
35mm Colour Promaster - Acetate - Mute - Master
35mm Colour Promaster - Acetate - Mute - Master
35mm Original Yellow Separation Negative - CTA - Mute - Master
35mm Colour Promaster - CTA - Mute - Master
35mm Yellow Separation Promaster - Polyester - Mute - Master
35mm Cyan Separation Promaster - Polyester - Mute - Master
35mm Magenta Separation Promaster - Polyester - Mute - Master
35mm Master Positive - CTA - Sound - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Trailer Continuity Script - SCR-2354
Script - Original story: Based on the story by Mark Twain - SCR-12441
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-37888
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-37888
Medium and Small pressbook held See GEORGE BLACKLER Collection.
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1193129
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1193130
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1193131
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1193132
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-f3m
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- +The Million Pound Note
Work - 37888 - 1953 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction