The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
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Few actors could be better suited than David Tomlinson for the role
of a doltish viscount unintentionally entangled in politics, and this
brisk 1949 satire was a huge success both for the accomplished
character player and his similarly gifted co-stars, Cecil Parker and
eighty-year-old film veteran A.E. Matthews. The Chiltern
Hundreds is directed by John Paddy Carstairs - whose later
career encompassed a string of box-office hits with the likes of
Frankie Howerd, Norman Wisdom and Tommy Steele - and is presented here
in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements.
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 fiancée 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...
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