The Million Pound Note

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1954 • 90 min • Comedy

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Synopsis

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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Best from age 7

Movie Knight Score

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100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
70 Audience · 81 · 49%

An impoverished American sailor in London receives a temporary loan of a million-pound note as part of a wager between eccentric brothers. The note makes him a sensation, granting him immediate credit and lavish treatment, but its impracticality soon leads to unexpected complications in his romantic and financial life.

Violence & peril: 1/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 2/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 1/10

Heads up

Brief scenes of characters drinking alcohol

What it models well

Honesty and integrity
Resourcefulness in adversity
Love over material wealth

Talk about it after

The nature of wealth and value
Judging others by appearances
The ethics of social experiments

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Top billed cast

Director: Ronald Neame • Crew: Jill Craigie, Mark Twain

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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.…
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