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Título original: The Million Pound Note

1954
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1h 30min

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Como parte de una apuesta, dos aristócratas ofrecen a un americano sin dinero un préstamo, sin decirle que la cantidad es de 1.000.000 de libras en forma de un solo cheque.Como parte de una apuesta, dos aristócratas ofrecen a un americano sin dinero un préstamo, sin decirle que la cantidad es de 1.000.000 de libras en forma de un solo cheque.Como parte de una apuesta, dos aristócratas ofrecen a un americano sin dinero un préstamo, sin decirle que la cantidad es de 1.000.000 de libras en forma de un solo cheque.

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6,8/10

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"What A Charmingly Whimsical Gesture!"

Two elderly brothers, wealthy English gentlemen, establish a wager. They entrust a million-pound banknote to a penniless American, to see if he can live for a month purely on the good will which the note will engender, without ever having to cash it.

Gregory Peck plays Henry Adams, the innocent American, in this stodgy romantic comedy, based on a Mark Twain story. His love interest Portia Lansdowne is played by Jane Griffiths. The film is really just one gag, strung out for 90 minutes - a pauper has no friends, whereas a millionaire is surrounded by sycophancy and limitless credit. Markets deal in confidence, rather than cash.

The film is unarguably well-made. The performances are sharp, the incidental music comments neatly on the action and the 'look' is sumptuous. And yet there is something flat about Ronald Neame's direction, and the laughs are rather thin on the ground.

Verdict - Ostensibly a good idea, but not enough to support a full-length film.

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Curiosidades
The £1,000,000 note at the time the film is set, 1903, would be worth approximately $100,000,000 ($100 millon) in 2002. Or £65,000,000 Sterling. In 2020, adjusted for inflation, the 1903 £1,000,000 would then be around £122,391,759.22. The film would still work remade in 2020 if the note was still an impressive £1,000,000. Although, after the similar "Brewster's Millions" & "Trading Places" story versions, the figure would probably be revised upwards to £1,000,000,000 (a UK Billion).

Pifias
The flag outside the U.S. consulate features 48 stars, although an American flag in 1903 would have had only 45 stars.

Citas
[Henry has just eaten a slap-up meal in a restaurant and the proprietor is hassling him to pay the bill. He opens the envelope from the Montpelier brothers and sees the £1 million note]
Henry Adams: [hesitantly, in shock] I'm awfully sorry. I don't have anything smaller.