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The Million Pound Note is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Gregory Peck, Ronald Squire, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Jane Griffiths. It is based on the 1893 Mark Twain short story " The Million Pound Bank Note ", and is a precursor to the 1983 film Trading Places .
A penniless American sailor receives a million-pound note from two aristocrats as part of a bet and faces various adventures and challenges. The film is based on a Mark Twain story and stars Gregory Peck, Jane Griffiths and Ronald Squire.
- (4.2K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Ronald Neame
- 1954-06-18
The Million Pound Note 1953 1h 32m Comedy List Reviews 71% Audience Score 500+ Ratings In Edwardian London, American sailor Henry Adams (Gregory Peck) is destitute and living hand-to-mouth.
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- Ronald Neame
- Comedy
- Gregory Peck
The Million Pound Note is 19038 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 13545 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Charulata but less popular than Keep the Aspidistra Flying.
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- Ronald Neame
- PG
- 17
A 1916 Hungarian silent film The One Million Pound Note, directed by Alexander Korda. An American TV adaptation, the 18th episode of Your Show Time, aired on NBC Television on May 20, 1949. The 1954 film The Million Pound Note was based on this short story, and starred Gregory Peck as Henry Adams. The 1968 BBC TV adaptation, The £1,000,000 ...
- Mark Twain
- 1893
Aug 20, 2018 · As part of a bet, two aristocrats offer a penniless American (Gregory Peck) a loan, without telling him that the amount is £1,000,000 in the form of a single...
- 85 min
- 4.2M
- Retrospective - Classic Movies
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A penniless man in London receives a million pound note from two brothers who bet on his fate. Read the full summary of this classic novella by Mark Twain and its connection to Trading Places movie.
