The Chiltern Hundreds
- 1949 film
Comedy of political machinations and romance, based on the hit stage play by William Douglas Home. Also features Cecil Parker, A.E. Matthews, David Tomlinson, Lana Morris, Marjorie Fielding and more.
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The Chiltern Hundreds - Trailer
Few actors could be better suited than David Tomlinson for the role of a doltish viscount unintentionally entangled in politics, and this brisk 1949 satire was a huge success both for the accomplished character player and his similarly gifted co-stars, Cecil Parker and eighty-year-old film veteran A.E. Matthews.
The Chiltern Hundreds is directed by John Paddy Carstairs - whose later career encompassed a string of box-office hits with the likes of Frankie Howerd, Norman Wisdom and Tommy Steele - and is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.