The Birthday Present
- Original title
- The Birthday Present
- Year
- 1957
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Tony Britton
- Sylvia Syms
- Jack Watling
- Walter Fitzgerald
- Geoffrey Keen
- Howard Marion-Crawford
- John Welsh
- Ian Bannen
- Lockwood West
- Harry Fowler
- Frederick Piper
- Cyril Luckham
- Thorley Walters
- Ernest Clark
- Malcolm Keen
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- Music
- Cinematography
Edward Scaife (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama
- Synopsis
- A top salesman with a U.K. toy firm foolishly brings an expensive watch back from a German trip for his wife's birthday. This is illegal in 1950's Britain and when Customs discover the watch he is charged and, unusually, given a prison sentence.
- Awards
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1957: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best British Screenplay
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