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The Million Pound Note

1954 · 90 min

A charming, gentle comedy of manners where a simple premise spirals into amusing social complications, leaving you with a warm, satisfied smile.

Tagline
Great fun... you can bank on it!
Overview
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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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • greed
  • identity
  • love
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ronald Neame
Written by
Jill Craigie
Starring
Gregory Peck, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell, A.E. Matthews, Maurice Denham, Reginald Beckwith, Brian Oulton, John Slater
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
Italian, English

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