Ronald Neame "The Million Pound Note" Gregory Peck DVD

The Million Pound Note

Director : Ronald Neame

Cast : Gregory Peck | Ronald Squire | Joyce Grenfell | A.E. Matthews | Maurice Denham | Reginald Beckwith | Brian Oulton

Audio :  English (Dolby Digital AC3 5.1)

Subtitles : English, Simplified Chinese, (Removable)

TV System Format : PAL FORMAT Please check clear your DVD player can play this PAL FORMAT disc WHEN BEFORE BIDDING

Display : Full Screen

Region Code : All 

Running Time : 90 mins

Synopsis : Two elderly brothers, wealthy English gentlemen, establish a wager. They entrust a million-pound banknote to a penniless American, to see if he can live for a month purely on the good will which the note will engender, without ever having to cash it.

Gregory Peck plays Henry Adams, the innocent American, in this stodgy romantic comedy, based on a Mark Twain story. His love interest Portia Lansdowne is played by Jane Griffiths. The film is really just one gag, strung out for 90 minutes - a pauper has no friends, whereas a millionaire is surrounded by sycophancy and limitless credit. Markets deal in confidence, rather than cash.

The film is unarguably well-made. The performances are sharp, the incidental music comments neatly on the action and the 'look' is sumptuous. And yet there is something flat about Ronald Neame's direction, and the laughs are rather thin on the ground.

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