The Chiltern Hundreds (released in the U.S. as The Amazing Mr. Beecham) is a 1949 British politically-themed comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs, adapting William Douglas Home's 1947 play of the same name and starring Lana Morris, David Tomlinson and Cecil Parker.

[1][2] Viscount Pym – whilst on National Service – gets leave from the British Army on the pretext of standing for Parliament as a Conservative Party candidate in his home constituency, held by his family for generations.

The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancée June Farrell while she is still in England and before she has to return home to America.

His master plan backfires when he finds himself swept into the election campaign and beaten by the more politically experienced Mr Cleghorn, the Labour Party candidate.

David Tomlinson also does nicely as the thoroughly light-weight young lord and Lana Morris, Tom Macaulay and Marjorie Fielding are amusing in other roles.