How to Murder a Rich Uncle

How to Murder a Rich Uncle is a 1957 British black comedy film directed by Nigel Patrick and starring Patrick, Wendy Hiller, Charles Coburn and Anthony Newley. It was based on the play Il faut tuer Julie by Didier Daix.[2]

How to Murder a Rich Uncle!!!
Directed byNigel Patrick
Produced byIrving Allen
Albert R. Broccoli
StarringNigel Patrick
Music byKenneth V. Jones
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Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • June 1957 (1957-06) (United Kingdom)
  • 25 October 1957 (1957-10-25) (New York City)
Running time
79 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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The film's story follows a man who plans to murder his wealthy Uncle George.[3]

Cast

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Production

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The film was known as Uncle George and The Death of Uncle George. It was written for the screen by John Paxton who had written A Prize of Gold for Warwick.[4] Filming started 2 January 1957.[5] It was Patrick's first film as director although he had directed for the stage.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "HOW TO MURDER A RICH UNCLE". British Board of Film Classification.
  2. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ THOMAS M PRYOR (15 December 1956). "ROLE IN COMEDY FOR MISS HILLER". New York Times. ProQuest 113620678.
  5. ^ Schallert, E. (15 December 1956). "Wendy hiller career still in high; robinson picked for satan role". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167017305.
  6. ^ S. W. (30 December 1956). "ON THE ENGLISH PRODUCTION SCENE". New York Times. ProQuest 113637092.
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