United States / Jun 19, 1966
1h 45min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Peter Sellers | Doctor Pratt |
| Cicely Courtneidge | Major Martha |
| Wilfrid Lawson | Peacock |
| Thorley Walters | Patience |
| Gerald Sim | 1st Undertaker |
| Peter Graves | Military Officer |
| Irene Handl | Mrs. Hackett |
| Norman Bird | Clergyman |
| John Le Mesurier | Doctor Slattery |
| Hilton Edwards | Lawyer |
| Norman Rossington | 1st Rough |
| Diane Clare | Mercy |
| Tutte Lemkow | Strangler |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Brian Allen Harvey |
| James Villiers | Sydney Whitcombe Sykes |
| Graham Stark | Ian Scott Fife |
| Dick Gregory | Leicester Young Fielding |
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| Nicholas Parsons | Alan Frazer Scrope |
| Willoughby Goddard | James Whyte Wragg |
| Valentine Dyall | Oliver Pike Harmsworth |
| Leonard Rossiter | Vyvyan Alistair Montague |
| Hamilton Dyce | Derek Lloyd Peter Digby |
| Timothy Bateson | Clerk |
| Donald Oliver | Gunner Sergeant |
| Totti Truman Taylor | Lady at Launching |
| Jeremy Roughton | Bugler |
| Frank Singuineau | Native Bearer |
| Michael Lees | Young Digby |
| Avis Bunnage | Queen Victoria |
| Gwendolyn Watts | Maidservant |
| Vanda Godsell | Mrs. Goodge |
| Marianne Stone | Spinster |
| John Junkin | 1st Engine Driver |
| Roy Murray | Stoker |
| Donald Tandy | Ticket Collector |
| Lionel Gamlin | 2nd Engine Driver |
| Martin Terry | Stoker |
| Michael Bird | Countryman |
| George Selway | Railway Vanman |
| Josef Behrmann | Railway Vanman |
| Thomas Gallagher | 2nd Rough |
| Charlie Bird | Bonn's Vanmen |
| Tony Thawnton | 2nd Undertaker |
| Reg Lye | 3rd Undertaker |
| George Spence | Workman in Road |
| Penny Brahms | Twittering Female on the Moors |
| Andrea Allan | Girl on Train |
| David Lodge | Corpse Remover |
| Juliet Mills | Mannish Woman on Train |
| André Morell | Club Butler |
| Maria Kazan | Twittering Female on the Moors |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Wrong Box |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | Kiswahili, English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Salamander Film Productions |
| Release date | 19 giugno 1966 |
| Production | Burt Shevelove, Jack Rix, Bryan Forbes, Larry Gelbart |
| Writer | Lloyd Osbourne, Larry Gelbart, Burt Shevelove, Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Editing | Alan Osbiston, Ray Thorne |
| Cinematography | Gerry Turpin, Ted Lockhart, George Courtney Ward, Michael Sarafian, Ronnie Taylor |
| Assistant directors | Christopher Dryhurst, Bryan Forbes, Penny Daniels |
| Camera operators | Ronnie Taylor, Ted Lockhart, George Courtney Ward, Gerry Turpin, Michael Sarafian |
| Additional photography | Ted Lockhart, George Courtney Ward, Gerry Turpin, Michael Sarafian, Ronnie Taylor |
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| Production design | Robert Ellis, Peter James, George Ball, Alfred Waye, George Hill, Ray Simm |
| Art direction | Robert Ellis, Peter James, George Ball, Alfred Waye, George Hill, Ray Simm |
| Set decoration | Robert Ellis, Peter James, George Ball, Alfred Waye, George Hill, Ray Simm |
| Music | John Barry, Teddy Mason, Gus Lloyd, Bill Daniels, Ken Barker |
| Sound | Teddy Mason, Gus Lloyd, John Barry, Bill Daniels, Ken Barker |
| Costume design | Julie Harris, Paul Rabiger, Laurel Staffell, Basil Newall, Maude Onslow, Roy Ponting |
| Makeup | Paul Rabiger, Basil Newall, Julie Harris, Laurel Staffell, Maude Onslow, Roy Ponting |
| Hairstyling | Julie Harris, Paul Rabiger, Laurel Staffell, Basil Newall, Maude Onslow, Roy Ponting |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United Kingdom / Jul 04, 1966
Germany / Feb 03, 1967 / 12
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