The Wrong Box (01)

[ChangeAba]

you are wonderful - to have posted this film. I have never seen it and am very much looking forward to do so.

[5809AUJG]

This is now available on DVD from Amazon! Finally getting my own copy. Thought you might like to know....Thanks!

[wendyverdades]

wow!

[goodmaro]

Stange as it may seem, you'll see echoes of both this and the book it was based on in the TV serial "Lost". At least I did.

[BarnabasFrid]

5:36 James Villiers AHOY!

[llewsedwod]

Wilfrid Lawson Is my Nan's Uncle

[odannyboj]

one of John Barry's loveliest - and he had a lot of loveliests!

[EricandDish]

I understand this is out on DVD-I need to get it along with my other 60's films. "The Wrong Box" is hands down one of the three best comedies of the 1960's-the other two are "Bedazzled" (which just happen to have "Box" co-stars Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) and "The President's Analyst." Very shocked as to why Nanette Newman didn't get an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. This movie is a reason why 1966 was the defining year for film in the 60's ("Alfie", "Blow Up", "Seconds", etc.).

[ghughesarch]

@HogwartsCastle All at one school - their parents each put up a share of the money. It's a Tontine ("named after Lorenzo Tonti, a Neapolitan banker", as Ralph Richardson's charactger points out several times :o))

[Toracube]

Nanette Newman in her prime was the most beautiful woman ever !!!

[zelig46]

In quest film ci sono due attori che meritavano un riconoscimento:

Peter Sellers per la fugace interpretazione del Dott. Pratt e soprattutto Ralph Richardson per la magnifica interpretazione di Joseph Finsbury il "tuttologo" questi era da Oscar.

A proposito Tonti (da Tontine) è stato davvero un banchiere Napoletano che inventò le polizze assicurative) .

zelig46

[fiestamonet]

Magnifica!!!!

[BarnabasFrid]

Why is James Villiers not credited?

[tenterden16]

I remember screening this gem of a film as a projectionist at the Embassy Cinema in Tenterden Kent on it's release in 1966. It was a smash hit in the UK. Lovely music from John Barry.

[sharpasaneraser]

superb upload. so many greats

[cojonazos1]

Thanks for this, i haven't seen it in nearly 30 years, and finally it is available on disc in the UK- I ordered my copy today. Everything about this movie was perfect: the cast, the script, John Barry's charming score- just everything!

[HELLO2YOU3]

you can pickup a copy from amazon ;0)

[sumolad]

I love you. I had this on VHS but it got nicked right?

[exwhyyou]

yes, father

lol

[theowarner]

I've been looking for this for years!

[sharpasaneraser]

ditto

[aledplas123]

At last so good to here this classic can be had on dvd.

[Vierotchka]

Thanks so much! I saw this film in 1968, it is the funniest film I ever saw - I was laughing for weeks each time a scene came to my mind. :)

[Eitttlane]

Good news. Seems as though Sony UK will be releasing the DVD for this in a week.