In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
Cast
John Mills
Masterman Finsbury
Ralph Richardson
Joseph Finsbury
Michael Caine
Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury
Peter Cook
Morris Finsbury
Dudley Moore
John Finsbury
Nanette Newman
Julia Finsbury
Tony Hancock
Detective
Peter Sellers
Doctor Pratt
Cicely Courtneidge
Major Martha
Wilfrid Lawson
Peacock
Thorley Walters
Patience
Gerald Sim
1st Undertaker
Peter Graves
Military Officer
Irene Handl
Mrs. Hackett
Norman Bird
Clergyman
John Le Mesurier
Doctor Slattery
Hilton Edwards
Lawyer
Norman Rossington
1st Rough
Diane Clare
Mercy
Tutte Lemkow
Strangler
Jeremy Lloyd
Brian Allen Harvey
James Villiers
Sydney Whitcombe Sykes
Graham Stark
Ian Scott Fife
Dick Gregory
Leicester Young Fielding
Nicholas Parsons
Alan Frazer Scrope
Willoughby Goddard
James Whyte Wragg
Valentine Dyall
Oliver Pike Harmsworth
Leonard Rossiter
Vyvyan Alistair Montague
Hamilton Dyce
Derek Lloyd Peter Digby
Timothy Bateson
Clerk
Donald Oliver
Gunner Sergeant
Totti Truman Taylor
Lady at Launching
Jeremy Roughton
Bugler
Frank Singuineau
Native Bearer
Michael Lees
Young Digby
Avis Bunnage
Queen Victoria
Gwendolyn Watts
Maidservant
Vanda Godsell
Mrs. Goodge
Marianne Stone
Spinster
John Junkin
1st Engine Driver
Roy Murray
Stoker
Donald Tandy
Ticket Collector
Lionel Gamlin
2nd Engine Driver
Martin Terry
Stoker
Michael Bird
Countryman
George Selway
Railway Vanman
Josef Behrmann
Railway Vanman
Thomas Gallagher
2nd Rough
Charlie Bird
Bonn's Vanmen
Tony Thawnton
2nd Undertaker
Reg Lye
3rd Undertaker
George Spence
Workman in Road
Penny Brahms
Twittering Female on the Moors
Andrea Allan
Girl on Train
David Lodge
Corpse Remover
Juliet Mills
Mannish Woman on Train
André Morell
Club Butler
Maria Kazan
Twittering Female on the Moors
Crew
Bryan Forbes
Director, Producer
Larry Gelbart
Writer, Co-Producer
Burt Shevelove
Writer, Co-Producer
Robert Louis Stevenson
Novel
Lloyd Osbourne
Novel
Alan Osbiston
Editor
Ray Thorne
Assistant Editor
Gerry Turpin
Director of Photography, Cinematography
Christopher Dryhurst
Assistant Director
Jack Rix
Associate Producer
John L. Hargreaves
Producer's Assistant
Ronnie Taylor
Camera Operator
Michael Sarafian
Assistant Camera
Roy Ponting
Wardrobe Master
Laurel Staffell
Wardrobe Master
Julie Harris
Costume Design
Maude Onslow
Hairdresser
Basil Newall
Makeup Artist
Paul Rabiger
Makeup Artist
Teddy Mason
Sound Editor
Gus Lloyd
Sound Assistant
Ken Barker
Sound Recordist
Bill Daniels
Sound Recordist
John Barry
Original Music Composer, Music Arranger, Conductor
Peter James
Set Dresser
Ray Simm
Set Designer
George Hill
Construction Manager
George Ball
Props
Alfred Waye
Props
George Courtney Ward
Still Photographer
Penny Daniels
Continuity
Ted Lockhart
Grip
Donald Toms
Production Manager
Robert Ellis
Title Designer
