The Million Pound Note (1954)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Henry Adams

      Gregory Peck

    • Oliver Montpelier

      Ronald Squire

    • Duchess of Cromarty

      Joyce Grenfell

    • Duke of Frognal

      A.E. Matthews

    • Jonathan Reid

      Maurice Denham

    • Rock, the strongman

      Reginald Beckwith

    • Lloyd

      Brian Oulton

    • Parsons, Bumbles employee

      John Slater

    • American ambassador

      Wilbur Evans

    • Lloyd Hastings

      Hartley Power

    • chop house proprietor

      George Devine

    • Tod, tailor's shop assistant

      Bryan Forbes

    • Renie, hotel maid

      Gudrun, Ann

    • Duke of Cromarty

      Hugh Wakefield

    • Roderick Montpelier

      Wilfrid Hyde White

    • Portia Lansdowne

      Jane Griffiths

    • Mr Garrett, bank director

      Ernest Thesiger  (uncredited)

    • consulate official

      Eliot Makeham  (uncredited)

    • nurse maid, Nelgrave Square

      Fanny Carby  (uncredited)

    • clergyman, Belgrave Square

      Eddie Malin  (uncredited)

    • James, footman

      Richard Caldicot  (uncredited)

    • Maggie, chop house proprietor's wife

      Joan Hickson  (uncredited)

    • Horace, chop house waiter

      Harold Goodwin  (uncredited)

    • chop house customer

      Herbert C. Walton  (uncredited)

    • Samuel Clemens

      Ronald Adam  (uncredited)

    • mother with pram

      Mona Washbourne  (uncredited)

    • revivalist

      Toke Townley  (uncredited)

    • Arthur, 2nd assistant at tailor shop

      Hal Osmond  (uncredited)

    • chief assistant at tailor shop

      Andrew Faulds  (uncredited)

    • receptionist, Bumbles hotel

      Hugh Latimer  (uncredited)

    • Williams, Bumbles hotel

      Jack McNaughton  (uncredited)

    • elderly lady, Bumbles

      Una Venning  (uncredited)

    • elderly lady, Bumbles

      Dora Sevening  (uncredited)

    • commissionaire, Bumbles

      John Kelly  (uncredited)

    • Lord Hurlingham

      Percy Marmont  (uncredited)

    • Lady Hurlingham

      Winifred Evans  (uncredited)

    • Lady Jane

      Henryetta Edwards  (uncredited)

    • Mr Waldron-Smythe

      Arthur Melton  (uncredited)

    • Mrs Waldron-Smythe

      Noël Hood  (uncredited)

    • Doris

      Ann Lancaster  (uncredited)

    • Sir William Collinge

      Gibb McLaughlin  (uncredited)

    • 2nd aristocrat, Cromarty Home

      Anthony Shaw  (uncredited)

    • orphan

      Angela White  (uncredited)

    • orphan

      Shandra Walden  (uncredited)

    • orphan

      Delene Barclay  (uncredited)

    • matron

      Molly Hamley-Clifford  (uncredited)

    • assistant matron

      Peggy Ann Clifford  (uncredited)

    • Alfred, bidder at auction

      Felix Felton  (uncredited)

    • Alfred's wife

      Mai Bacon  (uncredited)

    • elder sister of Duchess of Cromarty

      Gladys Boot  (uncredited)

    • singer

      Totti Truman Taylor  (uncredited)

    • chess player

      Gordon Begg  (uncredited)

    • Walter Craddock

      Laurence Naismith  (uncredited)

    • stockbroker

      John Penrose  (uncredited)

    • waiter, stock exchange

      William Sherwood  (uncredited)

    • boatman, Serpentine Lake

      Fred Griffiths  (uncredited)

    • pawnbroker

      Frank Tickle  (uncredited)

    • vicar

      Walter Horsbrugh  (uncredited)

    • Lansdowne manservant

      Eric Weatherall  (uncredited)

    • cabbie

      Len Sharp  (uncredited)

    • David Evan of 'The Daily News'

      Hugh Griffith  (uncredited)

    • photographer

      Ian Wilson  (uncredited)

    • stockbroker

      Willoughby Goddard  (uncredited)

    • clergyman, Bumbles

      Roddy Hughes  (uncredited)

    • elaborately dressed woman, Bumbles

      Joan Ingram  (uncredited)

    • first businessman, Bumbles

      Gordon McLeod  (uncredited)

    • second businessman, Bumbles

      John Chandos  (uncredited)

    • hysterical woman, Bumbles

      May Hallatt  (uncredited)

    • Annabella

      Susan Pardoe  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Delene Scott  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Teresa Scoble  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Leslie Scoble  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Mary-Lou Honour  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Richard Waring  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Margaret Withers  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Colin Wall  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Sheila Martin  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Janet Harrison  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Gillian Harrison  (uncredited)

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Ronald Neame

    • Assistant Director

      Asher, Bob

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      David W. Orton  (uncredited)

    • 3rd Assistant Director

      Colin Brewer  (uncredited)

    • Continuity

      Yvonne Axworthy  (uncredited)

    Production:

    • ©

      Group Film Productions

    • Presents

      The J. Arthur Rank Organisation

    • Distributed by

      General Film Distributors

    • Executive Producer

      Earl St. John

    • Produced by

      John Bryan

    • Associate Producer

      E.M. Smedley Aston

    • Production Controller for Pinewood Studios

      Arthur Alcott

    • Production Secretary

      Penny Dewdney  (uncredited)

    • logo

      D&P Studios

    Casting:

    • Casting

      Weston Drury Jr  (uncredited)

    Writing:

    • Screenplay by

      Jill Craigie

    • Based on a story by

      Mark Twain

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Geoffrey Unsworth

    • Technicolor Colour Consultant

      Joan Bridge

    • Camera Operator

      Bawden, Jim

    • Focus Puller

      Ian Craig  (uncredited)

    • Focus Puller

      J. Binney  (uncredited)

    • Clapper Loader

      John Alcott  (uncredited)

    Stills:

    • Stills Photography

      George Courtney Ward  (uncredited)

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Clive Donner

    • Assistant Editor

      John Cooke  (uncredited)

    • 2nd Assistant Editor

      Clarissa Bowen  (uncredited)

    Design:

    • Art Direction

      Jack Maxsted

    • Art Direction

      John Box

    • Set Dressing

      Dario Simoni

    • Draughtsman

      Charles Bishop  (uncredited)

    • Draughtsman

      Roy Dorman  (uncredited)

    • Draughtsman

      Roy Stannard  (uncredited)

    • Draughtsman

      Jim Able  (uncredited)

    • Draughtsman

      Alec Gray  (uncredited)

    Costumes:

    • Costume Designer

      Margaret Furse

    Make-up:

    • Make-up

      George Blackler

    • Hairdressing

      Biddy Chrystal

    Film processing:

    • Colour by

      Technicolor

    Music:

    • Music Composed by

      William Alwyn

    • [Music] Conducted by

      Muir Mathieson

    Sound:

    • Sound Recordist

      Dudley Messenger

    • Sound Recordist

      Gordon K. McCallum

    • Sound Editor

      Winston Ryder

    • Boom Operator

      E.G. Daniels  (uncredited)

    • Sound System

      Western Electric Recording