Leofwine_draca Review of The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box (1966)

Not particularly funny, but watch it for the cast anyway

[5/10 · 22 March 2020]

THE WRONG BOX is one of those all-star ensemble comedies that were so popular in the 1960s. Expect a great and sprawling number of cast members, each of them competing to be funnier and to get more screen time than the rest, amid a muddled legal-based plot involving a sprawling family and a kind of lottery which will dole out a huge reward to the last surviving member (or his offspring). It's a film where established players like John Mills and Ralph Richardson appear alongside the new stars of the decade like Michael Caine and Nanette Newman; my favourite role is Peter Sellers as the absent-minded doctor. It's not particularly funny, but the cast alone makes it worth a watch.