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The Wrong Box (1966) was a Comedy Film directed by Bryan Forbes and produced by Bryan Forbes, Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart and Jack Rix.

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Detective: [barging into a funeral] Alright, come on, come on, what's going on, what is it, come on, come on!
Clergyman: Please, sir, I beg of you. There's a dead man here!
Detective: Alright, no one move!


[about parents]
Julia Finsbury: Oh, I only knew mine vaguely. My father was a missionary. He was eaten by his Bible class.


[Aboard a train engine after a wreck]
First Driver: Fred?
Stoker: Yeah?
First Driver: We haven't heard the last of this.


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Peter Cook's wife, Wendy was nine months pregnant when filming began. Director Bryan Forbes promised them that he would let Peter leave the set as soon as Wendy went into labor. He kept his word and Peter made it to the hospital just in time for the birth of his daughter, Daisy. Forbes, Dudley Moore, Michael Caine and Peter Sellers filled his dressing room with flowers and champagne in celebration of Daisy's birth when he returned to work.
Patrick Cargill was cut out of this film
Charles Victor was booked to appear in this film but died before he could film his scenes.
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