
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
John Finsbury

Nanette Newman
Julia Finsbury

Tony Hancock
Detective

Peter Sellers
Doctor Pratt

Cicely Courtneidge
Major Martha

Wilfrid Lawson
Peacock

Thorley Walters
Patience

Gerald Sim
1st Undertaker