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Dear Mr. Prohack is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns and Dirk Bogarde. It is a modern-day version of Arnold Bennett's 1922 novel Mr Prohack, as adapted in the play by Edward Knoblock.
Dear Mr. Prohack: Directed by Thornton Freeland. With Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Dirk Bogarde. Arthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation for fiscal efficiency and running a tight ship.
- (213)
- Comedy, Romance
- Thornton Freeland
- 1950-07-14
A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how to cope with sudden personal wealth.
From www.britmovie.co.uk - Dream sequence from Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
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Dear Mr. Prohack is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland. It is a modern-day version of Arnold Bennett's novel Mr Prohack, starring Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns and Dirk Bogarde. Movie Info. Official Site. http://www.vcientertainment.com/Film-Categories?product_id=812. Tags. Finance. Attributes. Filming Location: Pinewood Studios.
Mr Prohack (Cecil Parker) is a cornerstone of The Treasury, a man who hates to see money wasted, either in his job or at home. What upsets his frugal existence is when he learns that he has come into an inheritance of £250,000.
Arthur Prohack is an adept government Treasury official dubbed the ‘terror of the departments’ due to his tight fiscal constrains. The middle-class Prohack comes into a fortune, £250,000, when an entrepreneur he once borrowed money to names him in his inheritance.
