The Wrong Box

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The Wrong Box ★★★ 1966

Two elderly Victorian brothers try to kill each other so that one of them may collect the large inheritance left to them. Based on a Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Well-cast black comedy replete with sight gags, many of which flop. 105m/C VHS . GB Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Michael Caine, Ralph Richardson, John Mills; D: Bryan Forbes; W: Larry Gelbart; M: John Barry.

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