The Wrong Box (1966) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Bryan Forbes.

Cast

• John Mills as Masterman Finsbury
• Ralph Richardson as Joseph Finsbury
• Michael Caine as Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury
• Peter Cook as Morris Finsbury
• Dudley Moore as John Finsbury
• Nanette Newman as Julia Finsbury
• Tony Hancock as Detective
• Peter Sellers as Doctor Pratt
• Cicely Courtneidge as Major Martha
• Wilfrid Lawson as Peacock
• Thorley Walters as Patience
• Gerald Sim as 1st Undertaker
• Peter Graves as Military Officer
• Irene Handl as Mrs. Hackett
• Norman Bird as Clergyman
• John Le Mesurier as Doctor Slattery
• Hilton Edwards as Lawyer
• Norman Rossington as 1st Rough
• Diane Clare as Mercy
• Tutte Lemkow as Strangler
• Jeremy Lloyd as Brian Allen Harvey
• James Villiers as Sydney Whitcombe Sykes
• Graham Stark as Ian Scott Fife
• Dick Gregory as Leicester Young Fielding
• Nicholas Parsons as Alan Frazer Scrope
• Willoughby Goddard as James Whyte Wragg
• Valentine Dyall as Oliver Pike Harmsworth
• Leonard Rossiter as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
• Hamilton Dyce as Derek Lloyd Peter Digby
• Timothy Bateson as Clerk
• Donald Oliver as Gunner Sergeant
• Totti Truman Taylor as Lady at Launching
• Jeremy Roughton as Bugler
• Frank Singuineau as Native Bearer
• Michael Lees as Young Digby
• Avis Bunnage as Queen Victoria
• Gwendolyn Watts as Maidservant
• Vanda Godsell as Mrs. Goodge
• Marianne Stone as Spinster
• John Junkin as 1st Engine Driver

Crew

• Bryan Forbes — Director
• Robert Louis Stevenson — Novel
• Lloyd Osbourne — Novel
• Burt Shevelove — Writer
• Larry Gelbart — Writer
• Gerry Turpin — Director of Photography
• John Barry — Original Music Composer
• Bryan Forbes — Producer

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