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The Wrong Box is a 1966 British black comedy directed and produced by Bryan Forbes. Its screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove adapts the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, using a Victorian-era tontine dispute as the basis for a chain of mistaken identities, competing heirs, and darkly comic complications. The ensemble cast includes John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and Peter Sellers.
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When was The Wrong Box released?
The Wrong Box is a British black comedy from 1966. It was directed and produced by Bryan Forbes.
What is The Wrong Box based on?
The screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove adapts the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. Its story uses a Victorian-era tontine dispute to create mistaken identities and chaos.
What is the tontine dispute in The Wrong Box?
A tontine is a shared investment arrangement in which the last surviving participant receives the fund. The film turns that Victorian-era premise into a chain of blackly comic misunderstandings.
Who directed The Wrong Box?
Bryan Forbes directed and produced the 1966 film. Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove wrote the screenplay.
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