The Wrong Box (1966)

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Country: UK
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Release: 1966-07-01
Director: Bryan Forbes
Writers: Robert Louis Stevenson , Lloyd Osbourne , Larry Gelbart , Burt Shevelove
Language: English | Swahili
Stars: John Mills , Michael Caine , Ralph Richardson , Peter Cook , Dudley Moore , Nanette Newman , Tony Hancock , Peter Sellers (I) (1925–1980) , Cicely Courtneidge , Wilfrid Lawson (1900–1966)
Runtime: 105 min
Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 2 nominations total
AKA: Letzte Grüße von Onkel Joe , La caja de sorpresas (Spain) , Tappajaiset (Finland) , La caja de las sorpresas (Spain) , 13.000.000 δολλάρια ζητούν κληρονόμο (Greece) , The Wrong Box (Canada) , La caja equivocada (Mexico) , Man bara dör... eller historien om det lefvande liket (Sweden) , La cassa sbagliata (Italy) , Tappajaiset eli kertomus elävästä ruumiista (Finland) , The Wrong Box (Australia) , The Wrong Box , Cutia greşită (Romania) , Det forkerte lig (Denmark) , Un mort en pleine forme (France, French Republic) , Elcserélt küldemények (Hungary) , Den som lever sist, lever best (Norway) , Другой ящик , A Fabulosa Troca de Caixões (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Грешният багаж (Bulgaria) , The Wrong Box (United Kingdom) , A Loteria da Vida (Brazil) , The Wrong Box (United States of America)
Plot: In 1818, England, a tontine i(lottery) is established for 20 boys by their parents. Each parent put £1000 into the pot, the winner being the last surviving boy, will recieve all the money (the total, £100,000.00 - (equal to over £12m today). The group dwindles until only 2 elderly brothers are left by1882. One brother's watched by his nephews who'll keep him alive at all costs. The other lives in ill health and poverty - the only support is his perpetually confused grandson. A deliciously hysterical black comedy
IMDB:tt0061204