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The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring John Mills, Ralph Richardson and an large ensemble cast. The screenplay was by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne.
A black comedy about a tontine, a lottery where the winner is the last surviving member of a group. Two brothers, their nephews, and a confused grandson compete for the fortune in Victorian England.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Bryan Forbes
- 1966-07-01
The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis ...
- 101 min
- 237.7K
- Kalman Orban
The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. The story is about two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine .
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
- 1889
The original trailer in high definition of The Wrong Box directed by Bryan Forbes and starring John Mills, Michael Caine, Ralph Richardson and Peter Cook.Blu...
- 4 min
- 15.5K
- HD Retro Trailers
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. The Finsbury brothers, Masterman (John Mills) and Joseph (Ralph Richardson), are the last surviving members of a tontine that will pay a huge sum to whomever lives ...
- (17)
- Comedy
The story follows the adventures of Morris, who tries to inherit a tontine by killing his uncle Joseph, but ends up with a statue of Hercules in a barrel instead. Along the way, he involves his nephews, his solicitor, a barrister, a pianist, and a houseboat full of people in a series of hilarious mishaps.
