The Wrong Box

Jun. 19, 1966

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Overview:

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.

Director: Penny Daniels, Bryan Forbes, Christopher Dryhurst

Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson, Larry Gelbart, Burt Shevelove, ...

Cast: David Lodge, John Le Mesurier, Graham Stark, ...

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Description

In 1818, England, a tontine i(lottery) is established for 20 boys by their parents. Each parent put £1000 into the pot, the winner being the last surviving boy, will recieve all the money (the total, £100,000.00 - (equal to over £12m today). The group dwindles until only 2 elderly brothers are left by1882. One brother's watched by his nephews who'll keep him alive at all costs. The other lives in ill health and poverty - the only support is his perpetually confused grandson. A deliciously hysterical black comedy