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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.
The Wrong Box: Directed by Bryan Forbes. With John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook. In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Bryan Forbes
- 1966-07-01
The Finsbury brothers, Masterman (John Mills) and Joseph (Ralph Richardson), are the last surviving members of a tontine that will pay a huge sum to whomever lives longest. Hoping to bankroll his...
- (17)
- John Mills
- Bryan Forbes
- Comedy
The Wrong Box (1966) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
20 young boys join a tontine: their parents each deposited £1,000 into a trust and the last of them alive gets all the money. Several decades have passed and only two are left alive: Masterman and Joseph Finsbury - brothers. Masterman hatches a plan to lure Joseph to his home...and kill him.
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Set in Victorian London, The Wrong Box (1966) is a black farce about two brothers, Masterman Finsbury (John Mill) and Joseph Finsbury (Ralph Richardson), the only remaining members of a unique group lottery called a Tontine. As the sole surviving member of the lottery stands to inherit a considerable fortune, it's inevitable that simple human ...
Currently you are able to watch "The Wrong Box" streaming on Tubi TV for free with ads. Synopsis In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
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