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Release Date:
September 27, 1949
Original Title:
The Chiltern Hundreds
Alternate Titles:
The Amazing Mr. Beecham
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Two Cities Films
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: U US: G
Runtime: 84
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...
Art Direction:
Ralph W. Brinton
Assistant Art Director:
Edward Marshall
Assistant Director:
Peter Bolton
Assistant Editor:
Anne V. Coates
Casting:
Maude Spector
Conductor:
Muir Mathieson
Continuity:
Olga Brook
Costume Design:
Eleanor Abbey
Director:
John Paddy Carstairs
Director of Photography:
Jack Hildyard
Editor:
George Clark
Hair Supervisor:
Vivienne Walker
Makeup Supervisor:
Tony Sforzini
Original Music Composer:
Benjamin Frankel
Producer:
George H. Brown
Production Manager:
Herbert Smith
F. Sherwin Green
Sound Recordist:
Desmond Dew
John W. Mitchell
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