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The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring John Mills, Ralph Richardson and an large ensemble cast. The screenplay was by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne.
A classic British black comedy about a tontine (lottery) that leads to murder and mayhem in Victorian England. Starring John Mills, Michael Caine, Peter Sellers, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
- (4K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Bryan Forbes
- 1966-07-01
The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. The story is about two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine .
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
- 1889
The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis ...
- 101 min
- 237.2K
- Kalman Orban
A comedy film based on a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, starring John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine and Peter Sellers. See the full list of actors, writers, directors, producers and other crew members on IMDb.
The story follows the adventures of Morris, who tries to inherit a tontine by killing his uncle Joseph, but ends up with a statue of Hercules in a barrel instead. Along the way, he involves his nephews, his solicitor, a barrister, a pianist, and a houseboat full of people in a series of hilarious mishaps.
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A black comedy about a tontine, a lottery where the last survivor of 20 boys inherits £100,000. Two elderly brothers are the only ones left alive and their relatives try to kill or save them for the money.
