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The Chiltern Hundreds

6.0(5)19491h 24m1

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...

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  • political party
  • butler
  • socialism
  • middle class
  • based on play or musical
  • parliament
  • conservatism
  • landed gentry

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalG24 Dec 1949
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU27 Sept 1949

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The Chiltern Hundreds was released on 27 September 1949.

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