The Chiltern Hundreds
The Chiltern Hundreds
Watch the chiltern hundreds on HDtoday. 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 fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan 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 all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
- Genre: Comedy
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: John Paddy Carstairs
- Cast: David Tomlinson, Lana Morris, Cecil Parker, Marjorie Fielding, Tom Macaulay, Joyce Carey, Helen Backlin, Robert Cawdron, Cyril Chamberlain, Peggy Ann Clifford, Richard Dunn, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Bill Shine, Dervis Ward, Desmond Llewelyn, Laurence Naismith, Richard Wattis, John Wynn, A.E. Matthews, Michael Brennan, Charles Cullum,
