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6.5/10   559 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Leonard Wibberley (novel)
Michael Pertwee (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 June 1963 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Stop shooting at our moon!
Plot:
A tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
NewsDesk:
Box Of Paperbacks: The Mouse On Wall Street
 (From The AV Club. 24 July 2008, 8:43 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
RE: Good Sequel! more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Margaret Rutherford ... Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII
Ron Moody ... Prime Minister Rupert Mountjoy
Bernard Cribbins ... Vincent Mountjoy
David Kossoff ... Professor Kokintz
Terry-Thomas ... Maurice Spender (as Terry Thomas)
June Ritchie ... Cynthia
John Le Mesurier ... British Delegate
John Phillips ... Bracewell - U.S. Delegate
Eric Barker ... M.I.5. Man
Roddy McMillan ... Benter

Tom Aldredge ... Wendover
Michael Trubshawe ... British Aide
Peter Sallis ... Russian Delegate
Clive Dunn ... Bandleader
Hugh Lloyd ... Plumber
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Additional Details

Runtime:
82 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
David Kossoff, who played Kokintz, was the only principal cast member of The Mouse That Roared (1959) who returned to play the same role in this sequel. more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII: It's that nasty tin thing again!
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Movie Connections:
Follows The Mouse That Roared (1959) more

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RE: Good Sequel!, 27 November 2007
8/10
Author: brad_and_ethan from Los Angeles

I disagree with the other critics who say this doesn't live up to the original. I think that even without Peter Sellers, that this sequel stands on its own two feet. The script was incredibly funny, from start to finish. There are so many nice touches by the screenwriter; it's hard to list them all. However, the touch of having the astronauts and cosmonauts being forced to return in the Fenwick rocketship - is just brilliant! The major drawback with this script is the lead's love interest, the blonde girl. She really feels like a fifth wheel throughout much of the film, and her subplot isn't dynamic enough. However, overall there are plenty of jokes strewn throughout the story, and the direction and editing is also spot-on.

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