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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.
- Salamander Film Productions
A classic British comedy about a tontine, a lottery where the winner is the last surviving member of a group. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out trivia and goofs of this hilarious film.
- Bryan Forbes
- 68
- 4 min
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.
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- John Mills
- Bryan Forbes
- Comedy
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. The book was the first of three novels that Stevenson co-wrote with Osbourne, who was his stepson.
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
- 283
- 1889
- 1889
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.
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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.
