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The Million Pound Note
British theatrical poster
Directed byRonald Neame
Screenplay byJill Craigie
Based onThe Million Pound Bank Note
by Mark Twain
Produced byJohn Bryan
Earl St. John
Ronald Neame
StarringGregory Peck
Ronald Squire
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Jane Griffiths
CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth
Edited byClive Donner
Music byWilliam Alwyn
Production
company
Group Film Productions
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 7 January 1954 (1954-01-07)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million[1]

The Million Pound Note is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Gregory Peck, Ronald Squire, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Jane Griffiths. It is based on the 1893 Mark Twain short story "The Million Pound Bank Note", and is a precursor to the 1983 film Trading Places.[2]

It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location around London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors John Box and Jack Maxsted. It was released by Rank's General Film Distributors. The American release was handled by United Artists under the alternative title Man with a Million.

  1. ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. 5 January 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
  2. ^ Drumm, Diana (8 June 2013). "'Trading Places': More Than 7 Things You May Not Know About The Film (But We Won't Bet A Dollar On It)". Indiewire. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

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