The Million Pound Note
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An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
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33 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Gregory Peck
as Henry Adams
Ronald Squire
as Oliver Montpelier
Joyce Grenfell
as Duchess of Cromarty
A E Matthews
as Duke of Frognal
Maurice Denham
as Jonathan Reid
Reginald Beckwith
as Rock
Brian Oulton
as Lloyd
John Slater
as Parsons
Hartley Power
as Lloyd Hastings
George Devine
as Chop House Proprietor
Bryan Forbes
as Todd
Gudrun Ure
as Renie
Supporting cast
21Hugh Wakefield
as Duke of Cromarty
Wilfrid Hyde White
as Roderick Montpelier
Jane Griffiths
as Portia Lansdowne
Ronald Adam
as Samuel Clements
Hugh Griffith
as Potter
Christopher Hewett
as Irate Investor
Ernest Thesiger
as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
Larry Dann
as Boy
Andrew Faulds
as Chief Assistant at Tailor Shop
Willoughby Goddard
as Stockbroker
Harold Goodwin
as Horace
May Hallatt
as Hysterical Woman at Bumbles Hotel
Joan Hickson
as Maggie
Hugh Latimer
as Bumbles Hotel Receptionist
Eliot Makeham
as Consulate Official
Percy Marmont
as Lord Hurlingham
Gibb Mclaughlin
as Sir William Collinge
Laurence Naismith
as Walter Craddock
Hal Osmond
as Arthur
Mona Washbourne
as Mum with Pram
Ian Wilson
as Photographer
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