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The Birthday Present is a film of genre Drama directed by Pat Jackson with Tony Britton
The Birthday Present (1957)
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Add to a movie listThe Birthday Present is a 1957 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson. It stars Tony Britton, a top toy salesmen returning from a business trip to Germany with a watch hidden inside a toy, intended as a birthday present for his wife Sylvia Syms. He is caught by customs, arrested, and sentenced to three months in jail - in the process losing his job. The second half of the film involves him rebuilding his life.
It also featured Thorley Walters and Ian Bannen in small roles.
Actors
Tony Britton
(Simon Scott)
Sylvia Syms
(Jean Scott)
Jack Watling
(Bill Thompson)
Walter Fitzgerald
(Sir John Dell)
Geoffrey Keen
(Colonel Wilson)
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