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The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring John Mills, Ralph Richardson and a large ensemble cast. [1] The screenplay was by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove , based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne .
Confusion mounts as the police begin searching for the body of the strangler. After a wild chase, the situation is resolved when both Masterman and Joseph arrive, alive and well. The villainous cousins are exposed, and the tontine apparently is destined to benefit Michael and Julia, Joseph's ward, who have fallen in love. Director. Bryan Forbes.
- Bryan Forbes, Christopher Dryhurst
- John Mills
Jul 3, 2020 · The Wrong Box (1966)***. Somewhere between SBIG (So Bad It’s Good) and WAL (Worth a Look), The Wrong Box is a black comedy in the wrong directorial hands. Better known for thriller Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) and POW drama King Rat (1965) Bryan Forbes struggles to bring enough comedy into the proceedings or to wring sufficient laughs out ...
Based on a Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Well-cast black comedy replete with sight gags, many of which flop. 105m/C VHS . Source for information on The Wrong Box: VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever dictionary.
…daughter Hayley made her debut, The Wrong Box (1966), Ryan’s Daughter (1970), for which he won a best supporting actor Academy Award, and Gandhi (1982). Mills married novelist and playwright Mary Hayley Bell in 1941. He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1960 and… Read More
Nov 27, 2023 · Language. English. The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. It was made by Salamander Film Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
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The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. The story is about two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine. The book was the first of three novels that Stevenson co-wrote with Osbourne, who was his stepson.
