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The Mouse That Roared( 1959)

TV-MAComedy
63%
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They're taking over the country in an invasion of laughs!

Overview

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Peter Sellers

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

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      Jean Seberg

      Helen Kokintz

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      William Hartnell

      Will Buckley

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      David Kossoff

      Professor Alfred Kokintz

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      Leo McKern

      Benter

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      MacDonald Parke

      General Snippet

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      Austin Willis

      United States Secretary of Defense

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      Timothy Bateson

      Roger

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      Monte Landis

      Cobbley

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      Alan Gifford

      Air Raid Warden

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      Colin Gordon

      BBC Announcer

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      Harold Kasket

      Pedro

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      Guy Deghy

      Soviet Ambassador (uncredited)

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      Eve Eden

      Spectator (uncredited)

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      Bill Edwards

      Army Captain (uncredited)

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      Mabel Etherington

      Ada - Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

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      Muriel Greenslade

      Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

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      Fred Haggerty

      Fenwickian (uncredited)

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      Juba Kennerley

      Maybury (uncredited)

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      George Margo

      O'Hara (uncredited)

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      Lionel Murton

      American General at the Pentagon (uncredited)

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      Bill Nagy

      U.S. Policeman (uncredited)

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      Robert O'Neil

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Pat Ryan

      American General (uncredited)

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      Stuart Saunders

      Sergeant (uncredited)

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      Fred Stroud

      Fenwickian (uncredited)

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      John Tatum

      American Admiral (uncredited)

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      Mavis Villiers

      Telephone Operator (uncredited)

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      Fred Wood

      Bird Seller (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jul 03 2024
    Peter Sellars plays just about everyone in this light-hearted comedy about a tiny European Grand Duchy that comes up with a cunning plan to address it's shocking balance of trade problems. It decides to invade the United States! Armed with little more than halbards, helmets and lances, they sail into New work harbour and take the place unopposed. What's going on? They fully expected to be arrested so that would allow Prime Minister "Rupert of Mountjoy" (Sellars) to present the case of his Sovereign "Gloriana" (Sellars) to stop a Californian vineyard from flooding the market with their own cheap...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • new york city
    • satire