Top billed cast

1. 

   Nigel Patrick

   Henry Clitterbern

2. 

   Charles Coburn

   Uncle George Clitterbern

3. 

   Wendy Hiller

   Edith Clitterbern

4. 

   Katie Johnson

   Alice

5. 

   Anthony Newley

   Edward

6. 

   Athene Seyler

   Grannie (Victoria Clitterbern)

7. 

   Noel Hood

   Aunt Marjorie

8. 

   Kenneth Fortescue

   Albert Clitterbern

9. 

   Paddy Webster

   Constance Clitterbern

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-01-29

Nigel Patrick and John Paxton have done quite a neat job with Daix' play about an uncle - in this version, a wealthy Canadian - called "George" (Charles Coburn) who comes to Britain to visit his landed, but impoverished family headed by Patrick ("Sir Henry"). The family see this as in ideal opportunity to sort their finances out, and that means that their unsuspecting guest could be in quite a bit of peril! Except, that is, that the would-be assassins couldn't organise the proverbial piss-up in the brewery - indeed their efforts to relieve the old man of his life and his fortune have far more ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• poison
• uncle