The Mouse that Roared
1959 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
The economy of the teeny-tiny European duchy of Grand Fenwick is threatened when an American manufacturer comes up with an imitation of Fenwick's sole export, its fabled wine. Crafty prime minister Count Mountjoy (Peter Sellers) comes up with a plan: Grand Fenwick will declare war on the United States. Grand Duchess Gloriana (Peter Sellers again) is hesitant: how can meek little Grand Fenwick win such a conflict? Mountjoy explains that the plan is to lose the war, then rely upon American foreign aid to replenish Grand Fenwick's treasury. Bumbling military officer Tully Bascombe (Peter Sellers yet again) leads his country's ragtag army into battle. They cross the Atlantic in an ancient wooden vessel, then set foot on Manhattan Island, fully prepared to down weapons and surrender.
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Peter Sellers · Jean Seberg · David Kossoff · William Hartnell · Leo McKern · MacDonald Parke
Soundtrack Edwin Astley
Screenplay Roger MacDougall · Stanley Mann · Leonard Wibberley
Cinematography John Wilcox
Original title The Mouse that Roared
6.1
405 votes (FilmAffinity)
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