The Wrong Box

+ intro by Nanette Newman

This dark farce of bodies, boxes and a lottery fortune features Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in their big-screen debut.

  • Director

    Bryan Forbes

  • With

    Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Michael Caine, Nanette Newman

  • UK 1966. 112min

  • 16mm

  • Certificate

    U

  • A BFI National Archive print

A catalogue of mishaps and bizarre coincidences foils the attempts of two bumbling brothers to secure a fortune from their elderly uncle. This surreal comedy won a BAFTA for Julie Harris’ exquisite period costumes, and is brimming with famous faces, including cameos by Tony Hancock and Peter Sellers. The print being screened is Peter Sellers’ own personal 16mm copy.

Used with permission of the Peter Sellers / Lynne Unger Children’s Trust.

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