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{{Infobox film
| name = A Girl in a Million
| image = "A_Girl_in_a_Million"_(1946).jpg
| caption = Original trade ad
| director = [[Francis Searle]]
| writer = [[Muriel Box]]<br>[[Sydney Box]]
| producer = Sydney Box
| starring = [[Hugh Williams]]<br>[[Joan Greenwood]]<br>[[Basil Radford]]<br>[[Naunton Wayne]]
| cinematography = [[Reginald H. Wyer]]
| music = [[Benjamin Frankel]]
| studio = [[British Lion Films]]
| distributor = [[Associated British-Pathé]]
| released = {{Film date|1946|10|28|UK|df=yes}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| gross = £138,510<ref>Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 20 No 4, 2000</ref>
}}
'''''A Girl in a Million''''' is a 1946 [[British comedy]] film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ab1fb7b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713145504/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ab1fb7b|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-13|title=A Girl in a Million (1946)|work=BFI}}</ref> It is notable for featuring [[Joan Greenwood]] in an early starring role;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/a-girl-in-a-million/review/124482/|title=A Girl In A Million|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref> and [[Basil Radford]] and [[Naunton Wayne]] in their comedy double act as two [[cricket]]-obsessed Englishmen, this time called Fotheringham and Prendergast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartersandcaldicott.co.uk/other-films.html |title=Other Films |work=Charters and Caldicott |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519165816/http://www.chartersandcaldicott.co.uk/other-films.html |archivedate=19 May 2015 }}</ref>

==Plot==
Tony is an inventor who divorces a [[Shrew (archetype)|shrewish]], nagging wife, and desiring to avoid all women, finds employment in a remote all-male department of the [[War Office]]. However, a woman soon arrives in the form of U.S. colonel's daughter, Gay, who is [[shell-shocked]], and has lost the power of speech. Charmed by her and by the contrast with his former talkative wife, Tony soon falls in love and marries her. However, once wed, Gay suffers a further shock and recovers her speech, proving quite the match for Tony's first wife.

==Cast==
* [[Hugh Williams]] as Tony
* [[Joan Greenwood]] as Gay
* [[Basil Radford]] as Prendergast
* [[Naunton Wayne]] as Fotheringham
* [[Wylie Watson]] as Peabody
* [[Yvonne Owen]] as Molly
* [[Hartley Power]] as Colonel Sultzman
* [[Edward Lexy]] as Policeman
* [[James Knight (actor)|James Knight]] as Pavilion Manager
* Charles Rolfe as Attendant
* Gwen Clark as Nurse
* Millicent Wolf as Sister
* [[Aubrey Mallalieu]] as Judge
* [[Garry Marsh]] as General
* [[Michael Hordern]] as Divorce Counsel
* Julian D'Albie as Dr Peters
* [[John Salew]] as Jenkins
* John Olson as Concert Stage Manager
* [[Muir Mathieson]] as Conductor
* [[Eileen Joyce]] as Solo Pianist

==Reception==
===Box Office===
It was the 24th most popular film at the British box office in 1946 after ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'', ''[[The Bells of St Marys]]'', ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]'', ''[[The Captive Heart]]'', ''[[Road to Utopia]]'', ''[[Caravan (1946 film)|Caravan]]'', ''[[Anchors Away]]'', ''[[The Corn is Green]]'', ''[[Gilda]]'', ''[[The House on 92nd Street]]'', ''The Overlanders'', ''[[Appointment with Crime]]'', ''[[The Bandit of Sherwood Forest]]'', ''Kitty'', ''Spellbound'', ''Scarlet Street'', ''[[Men of Two Worlds]]'', ''[[Courage of Lassie]]'', ''Mildred Pierce'', ''The Spiral Staircase''' and ''[[Brief Encounter]]'', ''The Years Between'' and ''The Dolly Sisters''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood Sneaks In 15 Films on '25 Best' List of Arty Britain|newspaper=The Washington Post |date=15 Jan 1947|page= 2}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
Sandra Brennan wrote in [[Allmovie]], "feminists beware! This blatantly [[sexist]] comedy may definitely raise a few hackles" ;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/a-girl-in-a-million-v19826|title=A Girl in a Million (1946) - Francis Searle - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|author=Sandra Brennan|work=AllMovie}}</ref> while David Parkinson in the [[Radio Times]] called it "an object lesson in how tastes change, this chauvinistic comedy was co-scripted (with producer-husband Sydney) by Muriel Box, who was one of the few female creatives with clout in postwar British cinema. Moreover, it made a star of Joan Greenwood in a role that basically dismisses women as blethering nuisances who should be seen and not heard...Talk about not standing the test of time."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/md7bk/a-girl-in-a-million|title=A Girl in a Million|author=David Parkinson|work=RadioTimes}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038562/ ''A Girl in a Million''] at [[IMDb]]

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[[Category:Films with screenplays by Sydney Box]]
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[[Category:Films scored by Benjamin Frankel]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Muriel Box]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Francis Searle]]
[[Category:1940s British films]]
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[[Category:English-language comedy films]]

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