A classic tale from the master of literary realism, Mark Twain. Published in 1893, The Million Pound Bank Note is a short story written towards the end of Mark Twain’s career. Unusually for ...

Mark Twain's classic story of the penniless American who is given a million pound bank note in a wager and succeeds in keeping it intact for a month, makes gentle screen satire. Mark Twain’s ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A British bank note with a face value of one million pounds has fetched STG78,300 ($A175,000) at ...

But things look up for Henry Adams when two eccentric bankers issue the penniless seaman with a banknote with a face value of a million quid ... entree to credit. The note wafts away on the ...

A classic tale from the master of literary realism, Mark Twain. Published in 1893, The Million Pound Bank Note is a short story written towards the end of Mark Twain’s career. Unusually for ...

Two old and fabulously wealthy brothers, Roderick and Oliver Montpelier, draw a currency note for £1,000,000 from their bank for a wager. Roderick maintains that it would be quite useless to any ...

Sparkling comedy adapted from a short story by Mark Twain. Gregory Peck stars as a penniless American living by his wits in London, who becomes the object of a wager.

The Million Pound Note - Sparkling comedy adapted from a short story by Mark Twain.Gregory Peck stars as a penniless American living by his wits in London, who becomes the object of a wager. More info ...