Let's Kill Uncle (1966) on Netflix
Approved19661h 32mComedyHorrorThriller
Barnaby Harrison inherits a fortune and goes to an island to live with his uncle. Major Kevin Harrison intends to kill him. Chrissie, a girl his age, thinks his tales are lies.
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Plot summary
Russell Harrison, a multi-millionaire, dies and leaves his estate to his only child, Barnaby, who is twelve. The boy will not receive the money until he is grown, and until then he is to live with his uncle, Major Kevin Harrison, on an island with few other inhabitants. The major is a former British commando and a war hero, and his memoir Killing the Enemy recounts his close combat exploits, while he intends to kill the boy for the inheritance. On the boat out, Barnaby meets Chrissie, a girl of his age who is going to the island to stay with her Aunt Justine. The two children quarrel, and Chrissie takes Barnaby's tales about his uncle for fantastic lies. Barnaby worships the major and reads his book.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Let's Kill Uncle (1966)
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- Nigel Green agreed to have a real tarantula dropped on his chest only after William Castle told him Sean Connery had had one walk on his chest in Dr. No (1962); Green did the scene not knowing Connery's tarantula had walked on a glass pane.
- While filming, William Castle wanted the boy Barnaby to inherit $20 million instead of the novel's $10 million, but Universal insisted on $5 million, and MCA Universal head Lew Wasserman told Castle, "For $20 million, I'd kill the kid myself".
- Universal's casting director John Badham cast his younger sister Mary, already acclaimed as Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), and he and William Castle picked Pat Cardi over Stanley Livingston of My Three Sons and James Mason's son.
- The film was censored in the United Kingdom to obtain an A rating, and the BBFC has released no information about what was removed.
