The Wrong Box (1966)

The Wrong Box (1966)

„The Wrong Box“ is a 1966 crime comedy film directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel of the same title by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne.

A huge inheritance ignites a family feud in this uproarious Victorian romp packed with macabre fun and games.

Cast:

• John Mills – Masterman Finsbury
• Ralph Richardson – Joseph Finsbury
• Michael Caine – Michael Finsbury
• Peter Cook – Morris Finsbury
• Dudley Moore – John Finsbury
• Nanette Newman – Julia Finsbury
• Tony Hancock – Detective
• Peter Sellers – Doctor Pratt
• Cicely Courtneidge – Major Martha
• Wilfrid Lawson – Peacock - the Butler
• Thorley Walters – Lawyer Patience
• Gerald Sim – 1st Undertaker
• Peter Graves – Military Officer
• Irene Handl – Mrs. Hackett
• Norman Bird – Clergyman
• John Le Mesurier – Doctor Slattery
• Hilton Edwards – Lawyer
• Norman Rossington – 1st Rough
• Diane Clare – Mercy
• Tutte Lemkow – Strangler
• Josef Behrmann – Railway Vanman
• Charlie Bird – Bonn’s Vanman
• Marianne Stone – Spinster
• Michael Bird – Countryman
• Thomas Gallagher – 2nd Rough
• Timothy Bateson – Clerk
• Reg Lye – 3rd Undertaker
• John Junkin – 1st Engine Driver
• Roy Murray – Fred the Stoker
• Tony Thawnton – 2nd Undertaker
• George Selway – Railway Vanman
• Gwendolyn Watts – Maidservant
• Vanda Godsell – Mrs. Goodge
• Donald Tandy – Ticket Collector
• Lionel Gamlin – 2nd Engine Driver
• Martin Terry – Stoker
• George Spence – Workman in Road
• Jeremy Lloyd – Brian Allen Harvey
• James Villiers – Sydney Whitcombe Sykes
• Graham Stark – Ian Scott Fife
• Dick Gregory – Leicester Young Fielding
• Nicholas Parsons – Alan Fraser Scrope
• Willoughby Goddard – James White Wragg
• Valentine Dyall – Oliver Pike Harmsworth
• Leonard Rossiter – Vyvyan Alistair Montague
• Hamilton Dyce – Derek Lloyd Peter Digby
• Donald Oliver – Gunner Sergeant
• Totti Truman Taylor – Lady at Launching
• Jeremy Roughton – Bugler
• Frank Singuineau – Native Bearer
• Michael Lees – Young Digby
• André Morell – Club Butler
• Avis Bunnage – Queen Victoria
• Penny Brahms – Twittering Female on Moors
• Maria Kazan – Twittering Female on Moors
• Fred Clark – Constable
• George Hilsdon – Constable
• Alf Mangan – Gravedigger
• Arthur Sandiford – Mourner
• Louise Nolan – Mourner
• John Tatham – Verger
• Sarah Harrison – Governess
• John Parker – Undertaker’s Assistant
• John Fitch – Undertaker’s Assistant
• Norman Hibbert – Undertaker’s Assistant
• Jim Scott – Undertaker’s Assistant
• Alistair Dick – Undertaker’s Assistant
• Dan Cressey – Judas
• Lindsay Hooper – Matthew
• Dorothy Ford – Salvation Army Girl
• Unity Greenwood – Salvation Army Girl
• John Morris – Sotheby’s Assistant
• Temperance Seven – The Temperance Seven
• Denis Cowles – Sotheby’s Partner
• Patsy Snell – Girl on Train
• Andrea Allan – Girl on Train
• Phillip Stewart – Elderly Man on Train
• Rita Tobin-Weske – Elderly Woman on Train
• Neal Taylor – Boy In Class
• Peggy Ray – Child with Governess
• David Lodge – Corpse Remover
• Victor Harrington – Dignitary at Ship Launch
• Paul Beradi – Duellist
• Alan Beaton – Equerry
• Lee Fenton – Equerry
• Chick Fowles – Equerry
• Fred Stroud – Equerry
• Norman Morris – Gravedigger
• Norman David Morris – Gravedigger
• Sarah Forbes – Little Girl Sitting by Bandstand at End of Film
• Frank Schock – Man in Park
• Alf Casha – Man in Train Wreck
• Patrick Halpin – Man in Train Wreck
• Gerry Judge – Man in Train Wreck
• Juliet Mills – Mannish Woman on Train
• Arthur Sandifer – Mourner
• Nicole Shelby – Mrs. Tyler Croft
• Dorothy Ford – Salvation Army Girl
• Philip Stewart – Train Wreck Survivor

„Letzte Grüße von Onkel Joe“ (The Wrong Box) ist eine Kriminalkomödie aus dem Jahr 1966 unter der Regie von Bryan Forbes nach einem Drehbuch von Larry Gelbart und Burt Shevelove, basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Robert Louis Stevenson und Lloyd Osbourne aus dem Jahr 1889.

Eine riesige Erbschaft entfacht eine Familienfehde in diesem turbulenten viktorianischen Film voller makaberem Spaß und Spiel.