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The Million Pound Note

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7.0(88)19541h 30m4

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Italian
  • money
  • american
  • penniless

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Behind the camera

Director

Ronald Neame

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG18 Jun 1954
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical7 Jan 1954
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical121 Oct 1954
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1227 Aug 1954
  • RussiaSU

    • Theatrical7 Aug 1960

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The Million Pound Note was released on 7 January 1954.

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    CinemaSerf

    12/29/2024

    7/10

    When two wealthy old buzzards - Ronald Squire and Wilfrid Hyde-White espy the poverty stricken American "Adams" (Gregory Peck) they invite him into their home and give him an envelope. He is promised it contains money and so he promptly sits down to a much needed meal. When payment is duly demanded, he reveals the contents of the letter. A £1,000,000 pound note. It's real, but nobody can cash it. Nobody has the chang…

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