The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
1h 24m
Running Time
September 27, 1949Release Date
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
1h 24m
Running Time
September 27, 1949Release Date
Plot.
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Cecil Parker
Benjamin Beecham
A.E. Matthews
Lord Lister
David Tomlinson
Lord Tony Pym
Marjorie Fielding
Lady Lister
Lana Morris
Bessie Sykes
Tom Macaulay
Cleghorn
John Paddy Carstairs
Director
Joyce Carey
Lady Caroline
William Douglas-Home
Writer
Helen Backlin
June Farrell
Robert Cawdron
Sergeant
Patrick Kirwan
Writer
Cyril Chamberlain
Sentry
George H. Brown
Producer
Benjamin Frankel
Composer
Peggy Ann Clifford
Mother
Richard Dunn
Labour Agent
Jack Hildyard
Cinematographer
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lady Fielding
Bill Shine
Reporter
Dervis Ward
Driver
Desmond Llewelyn
First Guardsman (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
Vicar (uncredited)
John Wynn
Second Guardsman
Michael Brennan
Sergeant
Charles Cullum
Colonel
Anthony Steel
Adjutant
Joan Hopkins
Flower Show Attendee (uncredited)
Gerald Andersen
Mr. Brown
Anne V. Coates
Assistant Editor
Maude Spector
Casting
Media.
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The Chiltern Hundreds (released in the U.S. as The Amazing Mr. Beecham) is a 1949 British politically-themed comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs, adapting William Douglas Home's 1947 play of the same name and starring Lana Morris, David Tomlinson and Cecil Parker.