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- BFI identifier52088
- Date1966 (Copyright)
1965-09-06 (Production)
1966-07-01 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisMacabre comedy about the efforts of two brothers to obtain the family inheritance. (Synopsis)
- Work historyOpening titles give the cast order as: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Nanette Newman, Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers, Cicely Courtneidge, Wilfred Lawson, Thorley Walters, Gerald Sim, Peter Graves, Irene Handl, Norrman Bird, John Le Mesurier, Hilton Edwards, Norman Rossington, Diane Clare, Tutte Lemkow
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- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Bryan Forbes
©: Salamander Film Productions Ltd.
Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation
view all - CastJeremy Lloyd (Brian Allen Harvey) member of the Tontins who came to untimely ends
James Villiers (Sydney Whitcombe Sykes) member of the Tontins who came to untimely ends
Graham Stark (Ian Scott Fife) member of the Tontins who came to untimely ends
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Title
The Wrong Box (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/AE1A-6A93-2EDE-BF82-67C0-TCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
16mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
VHS cassette - Video - Status pending
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osborne - SCR-19510
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-52088
Small pressbook held.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: costume - A sketched design in pen for Uncle Joseph (Ralph Richardson). Proposed for the scene in Mrs Goodge's boarding home. Suit of the 1860s period. Knitted waistcoat over a cloth waistcoat. A scarf, foot muff and a rug over his knees. Signed by the designer with textile swatches attached. - SPD-617277
Design: costume - Design for Julia Finsbury (Nanette Newman). Propsed for the scene when Michael comes for tea or for the evening when Morris returns home late. Pink organza and cream lace and organza with pink velvet on silk for belt and trim. Signed by the designer with textile swatches attached. - SPD-617296
Design: costume - Design for Julia Finsbury (Nanette Newman). Day dress in wool with braid and embroidery in lighter tone. Pleated chiffon frill on lace blouse. Signed by the designer with textile swatches attached - SPD-617309
Design: costume - Design initially intented for Julia Finsbury (Nanette Newman). May have been used for a crowd scene. Day dress in blue wool on crepe with lace insets and organza collar and cuffs. Sketch inset and annotations included. Signed by the designer with textile swatches attached. - SPD-617320
Design: costume - Design for Julia Finsbury (Nanette Newman). Proposed for the scene when Morris arrives home in the evening and Julia is reading. Cream over lilac chiffon with cream lace and satin trim. Inset sketcehs and annotations included. Signed by the designer with textile swatches attached. - SPD-617327
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1450031
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1450032
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1450033
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1450034
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1450035
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Work - 52088 - 1966 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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