The Chiltern Hundreds
- 1949 film
Comedy of political machinations and romance, based on the hit stage play by William Douglas Home. Also features Cecil Parker, A.E. Matthews, David Tomlinson, Lana Morris, Marjorie Fielding and more.
The Chiltern Hundreds
Few actors could be better suited than David Tomlinson for the role of a doltish viscount unintentionally entangled in politics, and this brisk 1949 satire was a huge success both for the accomplished character player and his similarly gifted co-stars, Cecil Parker and eighty-year-old film veteran A.E. Matthews.
The Chiltern Hundreds is directed by John Paddy Carstairs - whose later career encompassed a string of box-office hits with the likes of Frankie Howerd, Norman Wisdom and Tommy Steele - and is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Conservative candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancée 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...
First released: Monday 5th May 2014
Extra features
- Image gallery
- Distributor: Network
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 91
- Catalogue: 7954057
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