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• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CD38TK
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic and funny film with a strong moral message, December 29, 2006

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A. Vander Meulen "Omnivorous reader" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Million Pound Note [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Black and White film, released in 1954 in Britain as "The Million Pound Note" and in the USA as "Man with a Million", is an interesting and entertaining comedy.

It is based on a classic Mark Twain story: focusing on how a man's true worth is not determined by externals (in this case, the Million Pound note that Peck's character carries, but cannot spend, as he agreed with the two English capitalists who rescued him from the street).

Many of the scenes, such as Peck's Character walking into a men's clothiers shop in rags, and then seeing the clerk's reaction to him before (and after) learning that he carried such a note, are really hilarious - and do a good job of illustrating how much all of us value others based on externals.

Gregory Peck was very conscious of social issues and active in campaigning against social ills and wrongs. This film is one of the earliest examples of his expressing his strong feelings in this area through his art.

Although the film satirizes British ideas about class and "good breeding", the underlying lesson really applies to us all, regardless of our country of origin. Highly recommended!

NB: VHS copies of this film can be found, with some digging, through classic video sites located in the US and Canada. DVD copies can also be found, but those I've located are not viewable on North American DVD Players.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "A Great Classical Comedy", November 21, 2005

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SPIDERED "SAM" (PORTUGAL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Million Pound Note (1954) (PAL Format) (DVD)

I was delighted to find this great comedy in DVD format here in Amazon. The quality of image and sound of this import is surprisingly pretty good, definitely better than VHS.
Note:
You need to know if your DVD Player plays Pal and NTSC. Most new players in the US do these days.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good movie - SHould be in U.S. DVD format!!, November 11, 2008

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Agatha Istanbul "classic film addict" (Atlanta, GA USA (and world traveler)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Million Pound Note ( Man With a Million ) ( The 1,000,000 Pound Note ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ] (DVD)

I have this movie on VHS tape, but wish it would be put in a U.S DVD format. THis movie was made in 1954 and is based on a short story by Mark Twain. Gregory Peck plays a penniless American sailor lucky enough to be passing the house of two rich British men. They offer the sailor a loan in the form of a single banknote in the amount of one MILLION POUNDS. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to spend it, no one is able to make change, therefore they let him have whatever he desires on account, assuming that he is a very wealthy man. Ultimately, the money turns out to be more of a curse than a blessing. It has a good ending.
As I said, I wish this movie would be put on DVD for Region 1. It seems like foreign countries are luckier than the United States in having these great, old movies put on DVD. Wish our movie distributors would get on the ball and let us see these wonderful movies, too!