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

Lord Tony Pym

Lana Morris

Bessie Sykes

Cecil Parker

Benjamin Beecham

Marjorie Fielding

Lady Lister

Joyce Carey

Lady Caroline

Cyril Chamberlain

Sentry

Ambrosine Phillpotts

Lady Fielding

Bill Shine

Reporter

Desmond Llewelyn

First Guardsman (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith

Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Wattis

Vicar (uncredited)

A.E. Matthews

Lord Lister

Michael Brennan

Sergeant

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