Movie Comedy
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ronnie Corbett Thora Hird Michael Hordern Barbara Murray Leslie Phillips Dennis Price Wilfrid Brambell James Robertson Justice Sheila Steafel Eleanor Summerfield Arthur Lowe Noel Davis Toni Gilpin Harold Goodwin Noel Howlett Diana King Stephen Lewis Norman Mitchell John Nettleton Brian Oulton Toni Palmer Frank Thornton David Lander Robin Tolhurst Vicki Woolf
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