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An impoverished backward nation declares a war on the United States of America, hoping to lose, but things don't go according to plan.An impoverished backward nation declares a war on the United States of America, hoping to lose, but things don't go according to plan.An impoverished backward nation declares a war on the United States of America, hoping to lose, but things don't go according to plan.
MacDonald Parke
- General Snippet
- (as Macdonald Parke)
Monte Landis
- Cobbley
- (as Monty Landis)
Joe Beckett
- American General
- (uncredited)
Nigel Bernard
- Fenwickian MP
- (uncredited)
Wally Brown
- Air Raid Warden
- (uncredited)
Jacques Cey
- Ticket Collector
- (uncredited)
Charles Clay
- British Ambassador
- (uncredited)
Henry De Bray
- French Ambassador
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaPeter Sellers made this film in part as a means of emulating his hero, Alec Guinness, by playing multiple roles in one movie.
- GoofsAfter Grand Fenwick's army sets sail for home, the headlines in one American newspapers (the San Francisco Review) talks about war mobilisation. American newspapers would spell it mobilization.
- Quotes
Grand Duchess Gloriana: How did the war go?
Tulley Bascombe: Well, Your Grace, we're home. Actually, there's been a slight change of plan. I know it will come as a surprise, a pleasant one, I hope, but we sort of won.
Prime Minster Count Rupert Mountjoy: You sort of WHAT?
- Crazy creditsThe Columbia Pictures logo in the beginning has the Torch Lady spot a mouse and run off.
The logo at the end of the film has the Lady return back to the logo.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
- SoundtracksRomeo and Juliet Love Theme
(1868) (uncredited)
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Played often in the score
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Light, charming
Yes, the "joke" is rather a truism: declare war on the US, lose and then collect the massive foreign aid we always send... Peter Sellers has fun in his several roles, along with a cast of strong supporting actors. The standard "pretty blonde" is Jean Seberg -- who seems not to know what she's doing in this role: comedy was not the lady's strongpoint.
Yet there is something very gentle and charming that moves this film along. I suppose that little something could very well be that the "bottom line" for the tiny country was world peace... Not a bad concept.
Worth watching.
Yet there is something very gentle and charming that moves this film along. I suppose that little something could very well be that the "bottom line" for the tiny country was world peace... Not a bad concept.
Worth watching.
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- Oak Owl
- May 24, 2002
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- Budget
- $450,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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