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The CHILTERN HUNDREDS on DVD

1 DVD. Political Comedy. Black & White. Year: 1949. Running time approx. 83 min.

Stars: Cecil Parker, A. E. Matthews, David Tomlinson and Lana Morris.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs.

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 Fiancée while she’s still in England, but his master plan 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’s all too much for the Pyms’ loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham.