Two old, bored and fabulously wealthy brothers, Roderick and Oliver Montpelier, strike up a cruel wager.They draw up a currency note worth 1 million. Roderick believes it would be quite useless for any poor but honest man to use. Oliver however, believes that just by possessing the note and never cashing it - any man could live like a lord. To find out who is right, the two old millionaires pick on Henry Adams (Gregory Peck), a young and impoverished American hopelessly adrift in London.Will the 1 million pound note change his life for the better or the worse? This classic, sparkling comedy - an updated version of the riotous short story by Mark Twain - sees Gregory Peck giving one of his finest performances aided and abetted by a distinguished cast which includes Joyce Grenfell and Wilfrid Hyde White.
