The Million Pound Note
6.8
“Great fun... you can bank on it!”
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
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Cast
37 people
Gregory Peck
Henry Adams
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Omen
Ronnie Corbett
Photographer
Known for
Fierce Creatures
Burke & Hare
Richard Caldicot
James, the Butler
Fanny Carby
Nursemaid at Belgrave Square
Ronald Squire
Oliver Montpelier
Known for
My Cousin Rachel
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Joyce Grenfell
Duchess of Cromarty
Known for
The Belles of St Trinian's
Stage Fright
A.E. Matthews
Duke of Frognal
Known for
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Maurice Denham
Jonathan Reid
Known for
Animal Farm
Night of the Demon
Lesley Scoble
uncredited
Reginald Beckwith
Rock
Known for
Night of the Demon
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Brian Oulton
Lloyd
Known for
Young Sherlock Holmes
The Young Ones
John Slater
Parsons
Known for
Passport to Pimlico
It Always Rains on Sunday
Ronald Neame Director · Jill Craigie Screenplay Mark Twain Story
United States release June 18, 1954 · Produced in United Kingdom · Languages English, Italian
Production
The Rank Organisation
Production
Rank Organization
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 7, 1954
Theatrical
United States · June 18, 1954
Theatrical
Austria
October 1, 1954 · Theatrical
Germany
August 27, 1954 · Theatrical
Russia
August 7, 1960 · Theatrical
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