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In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
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- TriviaPeter Cook's wife, Wendy was nine months pregnant when filming began. Producer and director Bryan Forbes promised them that he would let Peter leave the set as soon as Wendy went into labor. He kept his word, and Peter made it to the hospital just in time for the birth of his daughter, Daisy. Forbes, Dudley Moore, Sir Michael Caine, and Peter Sellers filled his dressing room with flowers and champagne, in celebration of Daisy's birth, when he returned to work.
- GoofsJust before the train crash you can see the smoke and steam going back into the engines, signifying the trains were in reverse and the film played backwards.
- Quotes
[the doctor, owner of dozens of cats, is coughing]
Doctor Pratt: I'm all right; it's just a fur ball; it's nothing. Strangely, I haven't had fur for a fortnight.
- Crazy credits"Certain Funereal & Military Airs played by Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Temperance Seven (who actually number eight)"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
- SoundtracksLight of Head
Written by Clifford Bevan
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Sixties Victoriana
Sixties take offs of the Victorian era are usually very entertaining. All of the clichés of repression and morbidity are always very over the top and they are here. A woman falls madly in love with a man when she sees his arms, the salvation army stick their nose into everything. It is perhaps more insightful into the sixties than anything! This is by no means a master piece, frankly with such a stellar cast it is rather disappointing. The script tries too hard to be funny and the gags come too thick and fast , especially at the end, for the viewer to be able to follow, certainly it is very unlike the slower, more leisurely pace of Stevenson's book.
However it is certainly worth watching. If nothing else it contains one of my favourite lines ever 'Listen to me all you eggs'!
However it is certainly worth watching. If nothing else it contains one of my favourite lines ever 'Listen to me all you eggs'!
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- thecatsmotheruk
- Mar 8, 2005
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- Letzte Grüße von Onkel Joe
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- Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset, England, UK(Finsbury residences)
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- Gross worldwide
- $15
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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