The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)

6.0/10 • 84 min • Comedy

Overview

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...

Cast

David Tomlinson

Lana Morris

Cecil Parker

Benjamin Beecham

Marjorie Fielding

Joyce Carey

Cyril Chamberlain

Sentry

Ambrosine Phillpotts

Bill Shine

Desmond Llewelyn

First Guardsman (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith

Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Wattis

Vicar (uncredited)

A.E. Matthews

Michael Brennan

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