The Chiltern Hundreds

The Chiltern Hundreds

84 mins | Comedy | Sept. 27, 1949

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...

The Chiltern Hundreds

84 mins | Comedy | Sept. 27, 1949

The Chiltern Hundreds
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...
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Two Cities Films
Original title The Chiltern Hundreds
Directors Olga Brook, Peter Bolton, John Paddy Carstairs
Writers Patrick Kirwan, William Douglas-Home

Cast

David Tomlinson

as Lord Tony Pym

Lana Morris

as Bessie Sykes

Cecil Parker

as Benjamin Beecham

Marjorie Fielding

as Lady Lister

Tom Macaulay

as Cleghorn

Joyce Carey

as Lady Caroline

Helen Backlin

as June Farrell

Robert Cawdron

as Sergeant

Cyril Chamberlain

as Sentry

Peggy Ann Clifford

as Mother

Richard Dunn

as Labour Agent

Ambrosine Phillpotts

as Lady Fielding

Bill Shine

as Reporter

Dervis Ward

as Driver

Desmond Llewelyn

as First Guardsman (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith

as Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Wattis

as Vicar (uncredited)

John Wynn

as Second Guardsman

A.E. Matthews

as Lord Lister

Michael Brennan

as Sergeant

Charles Cullum

as Colonel

Anthony Steel

as Adjutant

Joan Hopkins

as Flower Show Attendee (uncredited)

Gerald Andersen

as Mr. Brown