The Chiltern Hundreds

84 mins
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 fiancee 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...

David Tomlinson

Lord Tony Pym

Lana Morris

Bessie Sykes

Cecil Parker

Benjamin Beecham

Tom Macaulay

Cleghorn

Joyce Carey

Lady Caroline

Helen Backlin

June Farrell

Richard Dunn

Labour Agent

Bill Shine

Reporter

Desmond Llewelyn

First Guardsman (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith

Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Wattis

Vicar (uncredited)

John Wynn

Second Guardsman

A.E. Matthews

Lord Lister

Joan Hopkins

Flower Show Attendee (uncredited)

Tony Sforzini

Makeup Supervisor

F. Sherwin Green

Production Manager

Edward Marshall

Assistant Art Director

Olga Brook

Continuity

John W. Mitchell

Sound Recordist

Desmond Dew

Sound Recordist

Vivienne Walker

Hair Supervisor

Peter Bolton

Assistant Director

Eleanor Abbey

Costume Design

Ralph W. Brinton

Art Direction

Anne V. Coates

Assistant Editor

Benjamin Frankel

Original Music Composer

Jack Hildyard

Director of Photography

Herbert Smith

Production Manager

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