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The Mouse That Roared

"They're taking over the country in an invasion of laughs!"

1959-07-17 Comedy 1hr 23m

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.

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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.

  • Released
    1959-07-17
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 23m
  • Genre
    Comedy
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    6.9
  • Production
    Highroad Productions, Open Road Films

Crew

Jack Arnold
Director
Roger MacDougall
Screenplay
Walter Shenson
Producer

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Cast

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

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

Jean Seberg

Helen Kokintz
William Hartnell

William Hartnell

Will Buckley
David Kossoff

David Kossoff

Professor Alfred Kokintz
MacDonald Parke

MacDonald Parke

General Snippet
Austin Willis

Austin Willis

United States Secretary of Defense
Alan Gifford

Alan Gifford

Air Raid Warden
Colin Gordon

Colin Gordon

BBC Announcer
Guy Deghy

Guy Deghy

Soviet Ambassador (uncredited)
Eve Eden

Eve Eden

Spectator (uncredited)
Bill Edwards

Bill Edwards

Army Captain (uncredited)
Mabel Etherington

Mabel Etherington

Ada - Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Muriel Greenslade

Muriel Greenslade

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Fred Haggerty

Fred Haggerty

Fenwickian (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley

Juba Kennerley

Maybury (uncredited)
George Margo

George Margo

O'Hara (uncredited)
Lionel Murton

Lionel Murton

American General at the Pentagon (uncredited)
Bill Nagy

Bill Nagy

U.S. Policeman (uncredited)
Robert O'Neil

Robert O'Neil

Reporter (uncredited)
Pat Ryan

Pat Ryan

American General (uncredited)
Stuart Saunders

Stuart Saunders

Sergeant (uncredited)
Fred Stroud

Fred Stroud

Fenwickian (uncredited)
John Tatum

John Tatum

American Admiral (uncredited)
Mavis Villiers

Mavis Villiers

Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Fred Wood

Fred Wood

Bird Seller (uncredited)

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-07-03

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 ... read more

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 plonk version of the only product "Grand Fenwick" has to offer the world - wine! Well, as it happens they arrive just as the local citizenry are taking part in a mandatory nuclear drill and so the place is deserted. The plucky "Tully" (yep you've guessed) alights on a plan to capitalise on their advantage by kidnapping the acclaimed scientist "Kokintz" (David Kossoff) who is developing his mighty "Q-bomb" and getting back home. Once there, the little country finds itself the centre of global attention the likes of which has never been seen; everyone is terrified of this ticking contraption and "Tully" is entirely besotted with the professor's disgruntled daughter "Helen" (Jean Seberg). Two solutions seem equally possible - either "Grand Fenwick" is going to be the wealthiest country in the world - or, well, there just won't be a world! Sellars does well here but it's Kossoff who generates the best laughs as the eccentric boffin and Austin Willis also delivers quite entertainingly, if briefly, as the entirely befuddled US Defense Secretary. It's not exactly laugh out loud, but it's sheer preposterousness takes quite an enjoyable ping at the whole principle of weapons of mass destruction, of the big guy stepping on the little one and is quite good fun.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

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 ...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-07-03

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 ...

read more