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The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)

The Chiltern Hundreds poster
Directed by
John Paddy Carstairs
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
G
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man unexpectedly runs for Parliament in a rural English district. He gets tangled up in local politics and romantic misunderstandings with the people around him.

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What happens

The Chiltern Hundreds (released in the U.S. as The Amazing Mr. Beecham) is a 1949 British politically-themed comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs, adapting William Douglas Home's 1947 play of the same name and starring Lana Morris, David Tomlinson and Cecil Parker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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