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    The Chiltern Hundreds

    The Chiltern Hundreds

    1949

    1:24:56

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    The Chiltern Hundreds

    Genre

    Comedy

    Plot

    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...

    Director

    John Paddy Carstairs

    Writers

    William Douglas-Home, Patrick Kirwan,

    Stars

    David Tomlinson, Lana Morris, Cecil Parker, Marjorie Fielding, Tom Macaulay,