The Wrong Box
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Stars John Mills and Ralph Richardson as elderly heirs, involved in a winner-take-all kind of insurance whereby the sole survivor inherits the total fortune.
In Victorian London, elderly brothers Masterman (Mills) and Joseph Finsbury (Finsbury) are the surviving members of a tontine, an investment scheme set up 63 years before, in which the last member stands to receive a fortune. Masterman, who hasn't talked to his despised brother in many years, summons Joseph to his "deathbed," intending to kill him so that Michael can get the money. Joseph escapes from his minders, entering a compartment and boring the sole occupant with a litany of trivial facts. His traveling companion later turns out to be the "Bournemouth Strangler
In Victorian London, elderly brothers Masterman (Mills) and Joseph Finsbury (Finsbury) are the surviving members of a tontine, an investment scheme set up 63 years before, in which the last member stands to receive a fortune. Masterman, who hasn't talked to his despised brother in many years, summons Joseph to his "deathbed," intending to kill him so that Michael can get the money. Joseph escapes from his minders, entering a compartment and boring the sole occupant with a litany of trivial facts. His traveling companion later turns out to be the "Bournemouth Strangler
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The Wrong Box. Salamander Film Productions. Released By Columbia Pictures Corp. 105 Min., Sd., Color, 35 Mm. Suggested By The Novel Of The Same Name By Robert Louis Stevenson & Lloyd Osborne. © Salamander Film Productions, Ltd.; 1oct66; Lp33657.
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