The Million Pound Note (1954)

United Kingdom et al., 91 min
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Basic facts

Original title The Million Pound Note
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • United Kingdom
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1954-03-29

Cast

Gregory Peck
Henry Adams, amerikan

Jane Griffiths
Portia Lansdowne

Ronald Squire
Oliver Montpelier, miljonär

Joyce Grenfell
hertiginnan av Cromarty

A.E. Matthews
hertigen av Frognal

Reginald Beckwith
Rock

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Titles

Original title
  • The Million Pound Note
Swedish release title
  • Miljonpundssedeln
Distribution title
  • Man with a Million (USA)
  • Mr. Adams i paradis (Danmark)
  • Miljoonan punnan seteli (Finland)
  • L'homme au million (Belgien/Frankrike)
  • Sein größter Bluff (Västtyskland/Östtyskland)
  • Die Million-Pfundnote (Österrike)
  • El millonario (Spanien)
  • Il forestiero (Italien)
  • Milionário sem vintém (Portugal)
  • Sahte milyoner (Turkiet)
  • Egymilljó fontos bankjegy (Ungern)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Third Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Script Supervisor
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Production Coordinator
Casting
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Conductor
Assistant Production Designer
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Assistant Film Editor
Boom Operator
Sound Editor

Cast

Gregory Peck Henry Adams, amerikan
Jane Griffiths Portia Lansdowne
Ronald Squire Oliver Montpelier, miljonär
Joyce Grenfell hertiginnan av Cromarty
A.E. Matthews hertigen av Frognal
Reginald Beckwith Rock
Hartley Power Lloyd Hastings
Brian Oulton Lloyd
Wilbur Evans den amerikanske ambassadören
Maurice Denham Mr. Jonathan Reid
John Slater Parsons
Wilfrid Hyde-White Roderick Montpelier, Olivers bror
Hugh Wakefield hertigen av Cromarty
Bryan Forbes Tod, man i skrädderiet
Gudrun Ure (as Ann Gudrun) Renie, hotelluppasserska
George Devine ägaren till matstället
- Ej krediterade:
Ronald Adam Samuel Clements
Joan Hickson Maggie, fru till matställets ägare
Ernest Thesiger Mr. Garrett, bankdirektören
Eliot Makeham tjänstemannen på konsulatet
Richard Caldicot James, butler
Hugh Latimer portiern på Bumbles Hotel
Jack McNaughton Williams, man på Bumbles Hotel
John Kelly vaktmästare på Bumbles Hotel
Fanny Carby barnjungfru på Belgrave Square
Edward Malin präst på Belgrave Square
Harold Goodwin Horace, gäst på matstället
Herbert C. Walton gäst på matstället
Mona Washbourne mamma med barnvagn
Toke Townley väckelsepredikant
Hal Osmond Arthur, assistent på skrädderiet
Andrew Faulds chefsassistent på skrädderiet
Una Venning äldre dam på Bumbles Hotel
Dora Sevening äldre dam på Bumbles Hotel
Percy Marmont Lord Hurlingham
Winifred Evans Lady Hurlingham
Henryetta Edwards Lady Jane
Arthur Melton Mr. Waldron-Smythe
Noël Hood Mrs. Waldron-Smythe
Ann Lancaster Doris
Gibb McLaughlin Sir William Collinge
Anthony Shaw andra aristokraten i Cromartys hem
Angela White föräldralös flicka
Sandra Walden (as Shandra Walden) föräldralös flicka
Delene Barclay föräldralös flicka
Molly Hamley-Clifford föreståndare
Peggy Ann Clifford biträdande föreståndare
Felix Felton Alfred, budgivare på auktionen
Mai Bacon Alfreds fru
Gladys Boot hertiginnans av Cromarty äldre syster
Totti Truman Taylor sångerskan
Gordon Begg schackspelare
Laurence Naismith Walter Craddock
John Penrose börsmäklare
William Sherwood uppassare på börsen
Fred Griffiths roddare på Serpentine Lake
Frank Tickle pantlånare
Walter Horsbrugh kyrkoherde
Eric Weaterall Lansdownes betjänt
Leonard Sharp droskkusk
Hugh Griffith Potter, redaktör
Ian Wilson fotograf
Willoughby Goddard börsmäklare
Roddy Hughes präst på Bumbles Hotel
Joan Ingram utstuderat klädd kvinna på Bumbles Hotel
Gordon McLeod första affärsmannen på Bumbles Hotel
John Chandos andre affärsmannen på Bumbles Hotel
May Hallatt hysterisk kvinna på Bumbles Hotel
Susan Pardoe Annabella
Delene Scott
Teresa Scoble
Leslie Scoble
Mary-Lou Honour
Richard Waring
Margaret Withers
Colin Wall
Sheila Martin
Janet Harrison
Gillian Harrison

Companies

Production Company Group Film Productions Ltd.
Copyright Group Film Productions Ltd. 1953
Presented by J. Arthur Rank Organisation Ltd
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Rank Film Distributors of Sweden AB 1954

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 83917
Date 1954-03-05
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2475 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 91 min
Reels 10 reels


Original work

Original title The £1,000,000 Bank-Note (Short story)
Author Mark Twain


Production location

1953-04 1953
Pinewood Studios Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
Belgrave Square London United Kingdom
Hyde Park London United Kingdom
Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
Saville Row London United Kingdom
Treasury Building London United Kingdom

Release dates

First showing 1954-01-07 United Kingdom
Release in Sweden 1954-03-29 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden 90 min
TV showing 1974-12-07 TV2 Sweden
1978-12-17 TV2 Sweden
1996-11-07 TV3 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Composer Fred Gilbert (1892)
Lyrics Fred Gilbert (1892)


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Slides 3
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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