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“The movie no niece or nephew can afford to miss!”
How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
June 1, 19571h 19mEN
6.9
8 votes
Overview
A broke British nobleman targets his Canadian uncle, but other relatives get in the way.
Director
Nigel PatrickWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Warwick Film Productions
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User Reviews
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7.0Nigel Patrick and John Paxton have done quite a neat job with Daix' play about an uncle - in this version, a wealthy Canadian - called "George" (Charles Coburn) who comes to Britain to visit his landed, but impoverished family headed by Patrick ("Sir Henry"). The family see this as in ideal opportunity to sort their finances out, and that means that their unsuspecting guest could be in quite a bit of peril! Except, that is, that the would-be assassins couldn't organise the proverbial piss-up in the brewery - indeed their efforts to relieve the old man of his life and his fortune have far more…
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