British Comedy Guide
The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note

The Million Pound Note

  • 1954 film

Comedy film about a penniless man who is given a million pound note and instructed to live on it for a month without spending any of it. Stars Gregory Peck.

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The Million Pound Note

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
1954
Star
Gregory Peck
Writers
Mark Twain and Jill Craigie

Two old and fabulously wealthy brothers, Roderick and Oliver Montpelier, draw a currency note for £1,000,000 from their bank for a wager.

Roderick maintains that it would be quite useless to any poverty-stricken, but honest man. Oliver, on the other hand, believes that merely by possessing the note - never cashing it - the man could live like a lord. For their experiment, the brothers choose Henry Adams, a young American whom they find in London, penniless and without any friends.

Additional details

Tagline
Great fun... you can bank on it!
UK certificate
U
Distributors

General Film Distributors

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Thursday 24th March 2022 at 11:00am on Film4
  • Friday 18th March 2022 at 1:05pm on Film4
  • Monday 10th January 2022 at 12:45pm on Film4

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