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The Wrong Box (1966)

Approved | | Comedy, Crime | 4 July 1966 (UK)
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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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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Masterman Finsbury
... Joseph Finsbury
... Michael Finsbury
... Morris Finsbury
... John Finsbury
... Julia Finsbury
... Detective
... Doctor Pratt
Cicely Courtneidge ... Major Martha
... Peacock - the Butler
Thorley Walters ... Lawyer Patience
Gerald Sim ... 1st Undertaker
... Military Officer
... Mrs. Hackett
... Clergyman
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A tontine is established for twenty boys in 1818 England - a tontine being a kind of insurance wager in which money is invested by each participant, to grow with interest, with the last survivor to get the substantial payout. We watch the group dwindle until only two elderly brothers are left in 1882. One brother is watched by his nephews who will keep him alive at all costs; the other lives in ill health and poverty as the only support of his perpetually confused grandson. Statues and bodies are switched, in the wrong boxes, until everyone is sure that one (or both) of the brothers has died. Now if they can only make it seem as if the other brother died first, over a hundred thousand pounds (in Victorian England, when a pound was a pound) will be theirs. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

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tontine | falling into an open grave | wooden crate | wooden barrel | steam locomotive | See All (27) »

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Virtuous maidens...cunning cousins...dastardly deeds...bodies in barrels...and boxes and boxes of boxes!

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The picture was notable for casting a significant group of England's prominent British actors and English comedians of its mid-1960s era. See more »

Goofs

Joseph Finsbury's nephews keep taking away his tobacco, presumably to extend his longevity. In the time period of this film, it was not known that smoking is harmful. See more »

Quotes

Morris Finsbury: Now what we need is a venal doctor.
John Finsbury: But - Uncle Joseph's dead! It's too late!
Morris Finsbury: Not for him, for us! Now, you remember that chambermaid you got into... um...
John Finsbury: ...thing.
Morris Finsbury: Thing. Who was the doctor who did the, um...
John Finsbury: ...thing. Uh, Pratt, Dr. Pratt.
Morris Finsbury: Was he venal?
John Finsbury: I - I didn't like to ask.
Morris Finsbury: Well, did he do the...
John Finsbury: ...thing. Yes.
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Crazy Credits

The end credits are divided into sections, each preceded by an explanatory phrase as follows: for cast positions 1-9 "members of the tontine who came to untimely ends (in order of disappearance)"; for positions 10-17 "assisted by"; for positions 18-24 "The Finsbury Households"; for positions 25-53 "rest of cast in order of appearance" See more »

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References Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) See more »

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Onward Christian Soldiers
(1871) (uncredited)
Music from "St. Gertrude" by Arthur Sullivan (1871)
Lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould (1865)
Sung a cappella by Cicely Courtneidge, Diane Clare and other Salvation Army girls
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About actors improvising
7 March 2001 | by – See all my reviews

As one of the authors of the film, I'd like to say that neither of the Peters, Cook nor Sellers, did any ad libbing. As is usually the case with British actors, there was a great respect for, and reliance on, the written word.
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