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Overview

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Director:
Jack Arnold
Writers:
Roger MacDougall (writer)
Stanley Mann (writer)
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Release Date:
26 October 1959 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
The Hilarous Story of How the Duchy of Grand Fenwick Waged War on the U.S. - and Won
Plot:
An impoverished backward nation declares a war on the United States of America, hoping to lose. full summary | full synopsis
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(2 articles)
[DVD Review] Being There: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
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Box Of Paperbacks: The Mouse On Wall Street
 (From The AV Club. 24 July 2008, 8:43 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
I guess that the threat of nuclear annihilation always made for some great comedy with Peter Sellers in multiple roles! more
US TV Schedule:
Sat. July 118:00 PMTCM   

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Peter Sellers ... Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe

Jean Seberg ... Helen Kokintz
William Hartnell ... Will Buckley
David Kossoff ... Professor Alfred Kokintz
Leo McKern ... Benter
MacDonald Parke ... General Snippet
Austin Willis ... United States Secretary of Defense
Timothy Bateson ... Roger
Monte Landis ... Cobbley
Alan Gifford
Colin Gordon ... BBC Announcer
Harold Kasket ... Pedro
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Day New York Was Invaded (UK) (working title)
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Company:
Open Road more

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Trivia:
The Marseilles and New York harbor sequences were filmed in Southampton, UK. The presence of the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner there was a lucky coincidence. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After Grand Fenwick's army sets sail for home, the headlines in several American newspapers talk about war mobilisation. American newspapers would spell it mobilization. more
Quotes:
Prime Minster Count Rupert Mountjoy: My idea was sound. Only an idiot could have won this war, and he did. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Romeo and Juliet Love Theme more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
I guess that the threat of nuclear annihilation always made for some great comedy with Peter Sellers in multiple roles!, 27 September 2005
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Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

Any film buff remembers Peter Sellers playing three roles in the Cold War comedy "Dr. Strangelove". Well, "The Mouse That Roared" was a sort of prequel to that.

A tiny, backwards nation on France's Mediterranean coast has no way of moving forward economically. So, the queen and prime minister (both played by Sellers) make a decision: the country will declare war on the United States, lose, and collect foreign aid. There's just one problem: when they arrive in New York, there's no one around - the threat of nuclear annihilation has driven everyone into hiding. The army decides that this calls for drastic measures - with hilarious results.

Some people might say: "If you've seen one zany comedy, you've seen 'em all." Be that as it may, you've still gotta see "TMTR". It's just so funny. And one scene that's likely to open any teenage boy's eyes is when Peter Sellers walks into Jean Seberg's room and she's...well, I won't spoil it for you, but I will assert that it seems like it would have been risqué for 1959. Classic.

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