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6.3/10   64 votes
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Didier Daix (play)
John Paxton (writer)
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Release Date:
June 1957 (UK) more
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The movie no niece or nephew can afford to miss!
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Cast

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Nigel Patrick ... Henry
Charles Coburn ... Uncle George
Wendy Hiller ... Edith Clitterburn
Katie Johnson ... Alice
Anthony Newley ... Edward
Athene Seyler ... Grannie
Kenneth Fortescue ... Albert
Patricia Webster ... Constance

Michael Caine ... Gilrony
Trevor Reid ... Inspector Harris
Cyril Luckham ... Coroner
Johnson Bayly ... Radio Officer
Martin Boddey ... Police Sergeant
Kevin Stoney ... Bar Steward
Anthony Shaw ... Colonial Type
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Uncle George
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Runtime:
79 min
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Black Comedy par Excellence., 11 November 2005
8/10
Author: jane-184 from United Kingdom

It has been decades since this film, to my knowledge, has been broadcast on British Television. Probably so to stop giving ideas to conniving families, but from what I can remember, it is one of the funniest "black comedies" I have ever seen. If I remember correctly there was a long winded scene involving a poisoned tea-bag which poisoned the wrong person, also when the elderly batty cousin digs out some old cheque books with large amounts paid out in the past, suggesting that as they paid out well before, then surely the cheque book would still be usable. I would relish seeing it again and would sincerely hope it would actually be as funny and enjoyable as I last remember it. See it if you can.

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