The Million Pound Note

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The Million Pound Note is a 1954 British comedy film, based on a Mark Twain story, about a penniless man who is given an enormous banknote that transforms his social standing.

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instanceOf film
adaptationOf literary work by Mark Twain
authorOfSourceWork Mark Twain NERFINISHED
basedOn The Million Pound Bank Note NERFINISHED
short story by Mark Twain
cinematographyBy Geoffrey Unsworth NERFINISHED
costumeDesigner Julie Harris NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Ronald Neame NERFINISHED
distributor General Film Distributors NERFINISHED
Rank Organisation NERFINISHED
editedBy Clive Donner NERFINISHED
era 1950s British cinema
filmingLocation United Kingdom
format black-and-white film
genre comedy film
satirical film
hasAlternativeTitle Man with a Million NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
leadActor Gregory Peck NERFINISHED
leadActress Jane Griffiths NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Henry Adams NERFINISHED
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Gregory Peck NERFINISHED
musicBy William Alwyn NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus satire of social snobbery
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A penniless American in London is given a one-million-pound banknote as part of a bet and finds that its mere possession transforms his social standing.
producer John Bryan NERFINISHED
productionCompany J. Arthur Rank Organisation NERFINISHED
productionDesigner John Bryan NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1954-04-07
releaseYear 1954
runtimeMinutes 90
screenwriter Jill Craigie NERFINISHED
Ronald Neame NERFINISHED
settingLocation London, England
surface form: London
starring A. E. Matthews NERFINISHED
Gregory Peck NERFINISHED
Jane Griffiths NERFINISHED
Joyce Grenfell NERFINISHED
Maurice Denham NERFINISHED
Ronald Squire NERFINISHED
Wilfrid Hyde-White NERFINISHED
theme power of money
social class
wealth and status
title The Million Pound Note NERFINISHED

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Stanley Holloway notableWork The Million Pound Note
Moira Lister notableWork The Million Pound Note
Mark Twain bibliography includesWork The Million Pound Note
this entity surface form: The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories