"The Mouse That Roared (film) The Mouse That Roared is a 1959 British satirical Eastman Color comedy film based on Leonard Wibberley's novel ""The Mouse That Roared"" (1955). It stars Peter Sellers in three roles: Duchess Gloriana XII; Count Rupert Mountjoy, the Prime Minister; and Tully Bascomb, the military leader; and co-stars Jean Seberg. The film was directed by Jack Arnold, and the screenplay was written by Roger MacDougall and Stanley Mann. The minuscule European Duchy of Grand Fenwick is bankrupted when an American company comes up with a cheaper imitation of Fenwick's sole export, its fabled Pinot Grand Fenwick"
"inventor of the Q-bomb, and the Duchy finds itself the possessor of the only working model of this devastating weapon. Grand Fenwick forms an alliance of small nations, the ""Tiny Twenty,"" and uses its control of the bomb to obtain world peace. ""Beware of the Mouse"" (1958) is set in the Middle Ages and explains the historical origin of Grand Fenwick. In ""The Mouse on the Moon"" (1962), Grand Fenwick beats the U.S. and the Soviet Union in a space race by using a new rocket fuel, the secret ingredient for which is found in a ""premier grand cru"" crop"
"of Pinot Grand Fenwick. In ""The Mouse on Wall Street"" (1969), the Duchy disrupts the world's finances. In an attempt to dispose of a sizable royalty payment from an American chewing gum company by investing it in failing companies, Duchess Gloriana finds she has the Midas touch for the stock market, and in a flurry of rumor and assumption, the Duchy becomes a financial superpower. In ""The Mouse that Saved the West"" (1981), it is discovered that the Duchy is sitting on the largest oil deposit in the world. A 1966 television pilot featuring Sid Caesar in several roles was"
"his native Ireland make a token invasion of the US to get aid. He then developed this into a novel changing Ireland to the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Anthony Boucher praised the novel as ""utterly delightful...a very nearly perfect book, on no account to be missed."" ""The Mouse That Roared"" was made into a 1959 film starring Peter Sellers in three roles: Duchess Gloriana XII; Count Rupert Mountjoy, the Prime Minister; and Tully Bascomb, the military leader – and Jean Seberg, as Helen Kokintz, as an added love interest. Other cast members included: William Hartnell as Sergeant-at-Arms Will Buckley; David"
"but $1,750,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $371,000. Dunkirk (1958 film) Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee. The film is based on the novels ""The Big Pick-Up"" by Elleston Trevor and ""Dunkirk"" co-authored by Lt. Col. Ewan Butler and Maj. J. S. Bradford. The film is set during Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, France between 26 May and 4 June 1940, during the Second World War. Events are seen mostly from the viewpoints of two"
"establishing a tie-in to Stanley Holloway's success in ""My Fair Lady"". Music by Philip Green<br> Lyrics by Michael Carr<br> ""Liscannon Bay""<br> Music by Philip Green<br> Lyrics by Michael Carr (uncredited)<br> Music by Juventino Rosas<br> Arranged by Philip Green (1877) (uncredited)<br> Music by Euphemia Allen (using the pseudonym, Arthur De Lulli) Music by Philip Green<br> Lyrics by Michael Carr "" (uncredited)<br> Traditional<br> Sung by Sybil Thorndike, Estelle Winwood and Kathleen Harrison in the speedboat (uncredited)<br> Traditional<br> Sung by the children Alive and Kicking (1959 film) Alive and Kicking is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sybil"
"the girl. The film was shot in the summer of 1959 and was not a success at the box office losing ₤20,000. ""TV Guide"" gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote, ""This attempt at comedy never really pays off."" The Ugly Duckling (1959 film) The Ugly Duckling is a 1959 British comedy film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Bernard Bresslaw, Jon Pertwee and Reginald Beckwith. The film is a comic adaptation of the ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" storyline and the opening credits include ""with ideas stolen from Robert Louis Stevenson"". The film has no connection"
"beautiful Elsa is cast ashore and war breaks out anew. Don't Panic Chaps! Don't Panic Chaps! is a 1959 British comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Dennis Price, George Cole, Thorley Walters and Terence Alexander. The film was produced by Teddy Baird for Act Films Ltd. Originally called ""Carry On Chaps"", the title was changed following the success of the """"Carry On"""" series. It was based on a radio play and was made for ₤75,000. During World War II, a pair of observation teams, German and British, are left on a remote Adriatic island, then forgotten. The two"
"filmed but never picked up as a series. Grand Fenwick is mentioned in ""The New Traveller's Almanac"", part of the series ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"". In the comic ""Aetheric Mechanics"", Grand Fenwick is stated to have been annexed by Ruritania. Grand Fenwick is also used in Project Euler to create the context of problem 314. In the shared alternate history of Ill Bethisad (1997 and after), Grand Fenwick is an actual country located between France and Helvetia (this world's version of Switzerland). Within Ill Bethisad, it is the smallest country in the world, being only 15 sq mi (39"
"Dunkirk (1958 film) Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee. The film is based on the novels ""The Big Pick-Up"" by Elleston Trevor and ""Dunkirk"" co-authored by Lt. Col. Ewan Butler and Maj. J. S. Bradford. The film is set during Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, France between 26 May and 4 June 1940, during the Second World War. Events are seen mostly from the viewpoints of two people, a civilian in England, newspaper reporter Charles Foreman"
"Fenwick, Derek Klena as Boogie, Noah Weisberg as Shrevie and Brynn O'Malley as Barbara. The film received positive reviews and has a 92% ""Fresh"" rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes based on 36 reviews. Levinson also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Diner (film) Diner is a 1982 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson. It is Levinson's screen-directing debut, and the first of his four ""Baltimore Films"" set in his hometown during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. ""Tin Men"" (1987), ""Avalon"" (1990),"
"co-adapted the book) as Mr. Benter. The Mouse That Roared The Mouse That Roared is a 1955 Cold War satirical novel by Irish American writer Leonard Wibberley, which launched a series of satirical books about an imaginary country in Europe called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Wibberley went beyond the merely comic, using the premise to make commentaries about modern politics and world situations, including the nuclear arms race, nuclear weapons in general, and the politics of the United States. The novel originally appeared as a six-part serial in the ""Saturday Evening Post"" from December 25, 1954 through January 29,"
"The Grand Maneuver The Grand Maneuver () is a 1955 French drama film written and directed by René Clair, and starring Michèle Morgan and Gérard Philipe. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as Summer Manoeuvres, and in the United States under the title The Grand Maneuver. It is a romantic comedy-drama set in a French provincial town just before World War I, and it was René Clair's first film to be made in colour. Armand de la Verne, a lieutenant in the French cavalry and a notorious seducer, undertakes a bet that he will ""obtain the favours"""
"Marx Brothers film ""Duck Soup"" (1933) is set in a bankrupt Freedonia. Antal Szerb's ""Oliver VII"" (1943) features a monarch of a fictional Central European state who plots a coup against himself and then flees to Venice in order to experience the life of an ordinary person. In the satire ""The Mouse That Roared"" (1955), the Duchy of Grand Fenwick attempts to avoid bankruptcy by declaring war on the United States as a ploy for gaining American aid. In Vladimir Nabokov's ""Pale Fire"" (1962), the main narrator has the delusion of being the incognito king of a ""distant northern land"""
"but was not a hit in the US. The French, They Are a Funny Race The French, They Are a Funny Race — known in France as Les Carnets du Major Thompson (""The Notebooks of Major Thompson"") and in the U.K. as The Diary of Major Thompson — is a 1955 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, based on the novel by Pierre Daninos, and starring Jack Buchanan and Martine Carol. This was the last film directed by Preston Sturges as well as the last film for actor Jack Buchanan before his death from spinal cancer on 20"
"the scenarist, Hugh Leonard, and stylishly piloted by the director, Gordon Flemyng, the picture is also beautiful in its lavish décor, costumes and color photography."" Great Catherine (film) Great Catherine is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Gordon Flemyng, based on a by George Bernard Shaw, and starring Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Hawkins. Like the play, it is loosely based on the story of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams and his time spent as an envoy at the Russian court. A British officer, Captain Charles Edstaston, is sent to the Russian court of Catherine the Great"
"The Ugly Duckling (1959 film) The Ugly Duckling is a 1959 British comedy film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Bernard Bresslaw, Jon Pertwee and Reginald Beckwith. The film is a comic adaptation of the ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" storyline and the opening credits include ""with ideas stolen from Robert Louis Stevenson"". The film has no connection to the Hans Christian Andersen story. The tagline on posters was ""HE'S A CHANGED MAN AFTER TAKING JEKYLL'S FAMILY REMEDY."" Henry Jeckle (Bernard Bresslaw) is a bungling, awkward and socially inept man working in his brother’s pharmacy, which is still named after"
"believable, and fast-paced direction helps to gloss over some of the inadequacies in the predictable script."" The Shakedown (1959 film) The Shakedown is a 1959 crime-drama film directed by John Lemont, starring Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, and Donald Pleasence. It was filmed in the United Kingdom. The film was banned in Finland (known there as ""Häväistyksen kauppiaat""). Augie Cortona, a newly released convict, opens up a photographic studio that serves as a front for erotic photography and blackmail activities. He runs into trouble with a rival gangster, and bitter warfare erupts. Scotland Yard track down Cortona by employing an undercover"
"of Grand Fenwick. The novel was later adapted to a play and film. Some of the European microstates are members of the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE); several of the island dependencies compete in the Island Games, alongside several other island dependencies from elsewhere in the world. Countries that participate at the Games of the Small States of Europe are: Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro and San Marino. European microstates The European microstates or European ministates are a set of very small sovereign states in Europe. The term is typically used to refer to"
"French critics and filmmakers, and henceforth his films were generally less well received. The Grand Maneuver The Grand Maneuver () is a 1955 French drama film written and directed by René Clair, and starring Michèle Morgan and Gérard Philipe. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as Summer Manoeuvres, and in the United States under the title The Grand Maneuver. It is a romantic comedy-drama set in a French provincial town just before World War I, and it was René Clair's first film to be made in colour. Armand de la Verne, a lieutenant in the French cavalry"
"The French, They Are a Funny Race The French, They Are a Funny Race — known in France as Les Carnets du Major Thompson (""The Notebooks of Major Thompson"") and in the U.K. as The Diary of Major Thompson — is a 1955 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, based on the novel by Pierre Daninos, and starring Jack Buchanan and Martine Carol. This was the last film directed by Preston Sturges as well as the last film for actor Jack Buchanan before his death from spinal cancer on 20 October 1957. Major Thompson (Jack Buchanan) is a"
"white line. Carlton-Browne of the F.O. Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (U.S. title: Man in a Cocked Hat) is a 1959 British comedy film made by the Boulting Brothers. It centres on an inept Foreign Office (F.O.) diplomat (played by Terry-Thomas) who is sent to re-establish good relations with the mineral-rich island of Gaillardia, a former British colony that has been forgotten for 50 years and is attracting the attention of both the USA and the USSR. A title sequence prologue details Britain's accidental acquisition of the island Gaillardia (located on the 33rd parallel south) during the seventeenth century, the feud"
"of Grand Fenwick, supposedly located in the Alps between Switzerland and France, proudly retains a pre-industrial economy, dependent almost entirely on making Pinot Grand Fenwick wine. However, a California winery makes a knockoff version, ""Pinot Grand Enwick"", putting the country on the verge of bankruptcy. The prime minister decides that their only course of action is to declare war on the United States. Expecting a quick and total defeat (since their standing army is tiny and equipped with bows and arrows), the country confidently expects to rebuild itself through the largesse that the United States bestows on all its vanquished"
"window cleaner in ""Up in the World"" (1956) and worked in a jewellery store in ""Just My Luck"" (1957). The box office receipts of these last few films had declined from previous Wisdom films but ""The Square Peg"" (1959), an army comedy, reversed the trend and was one of the year's biggest hits. The film was the 7th most popular movie at the British box office in 1959. Less successful was ""Follow a Star"" (1959). ""There Was a Crooked Man"" (1960) was an attempt to change Wisdom's image away from Rank Organisation. ""The Bulldog Breed"" (1960) was more conventional. The"
"Film Institute nominated this film for its Top 10 Fantasy Films list. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and William Bendix. Based on the novel ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" (1889) by Mark Twain, the film is about a mechanic in 1912 who bumps his head and finds himself in Arthurian Britain in AD 528, where he is befriended by a knight and gains power by judicious"
"was the 7th most popular movie at the British box office in 1959. The Square Peg The Square Peg is a 1959 British war comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom. Norman Wisdom plays two different characters: a man who digs and repairs roads, and a Nazi general. During the Second World War, Norman Pitkin, a roadmender with the St Godric's Borough Council, enjoys annoying the soldiers of the nearby British Army camp, even a general. Despite the efforts of his boss, Borough Engineer Mr Grimsdale, Colonel Layton (the camp commander) has both of them called"
"Don't Panic Chaps! Don't Panic Chaps! is a 1959 British comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Dennis Price, George Cole, Thorley Walters and Terence Alexander. The film was produced by Teddy Baird for Act Films Ltd. Originally called ""Carry On Chaps"", the title was changed following the success of the """"Carry On"""" series. It was based on a radio play and was made for ₤75,000. During World War II, a pair of observation teams, German and British, are left on a remote Adriatic island, then forgotten. The two sides call a truce and live harmoniously; that is until"
"writers, filmmakers, and actors during this time period. The Squaw Man (1914 film) The Squaw Man (known as The White Man in the UK) is a 1914 silent western drama film starring Dustin Farnum and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel. It was DeMille's directorial debut. James Wynnegate (Dustin Farnum) and his cousin, Henry (Monroe Salisbury), are upper class Englishmen and have been made trustees for an orphans’ fund. Henry loses money in a bet at a derby and embezzles money from “the fund” to pay off his debts. When war office officials are informed of the money"
"the British box office, being one of the most successful films ever made from Associated British. Happy Ever After (1954 film) Happy Ever after is a 1954 British independent comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring David Niven, Yvonne De Carlo, Barry Fitzgerald and George Cole. In the film, the accidental death of an Irish landowner leads his relative to take over the estate, much to the dissatisfaction of the locals. It was released in the United States under the alternative title Tonight's the Night. Aged General O'Leary is fatally injured while trying to jump a wall with his"
"Great Catherine (film) Great Catherine is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Gordon Flemyng, based on a by George Bernard Shaw, and starring Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Hawkins. Like the play, it is loosely based on the story of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams and his time spent as an envoy at the Russian court. A British officer, Captain Charles Edstaston, is sent to the Russian court of Catherine the Great as an envoy, where he has to contend with the crafty machinations of her chief minister Potemkin. TV Guide wrote, ""They waited 55 years to"
"North America and $1,515,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $340,000. It did not perform well at the French box office with admissions of only 591,767. The Little Hut The Little Hut is a 1957 British-American romantic comedy film made by MGM starring Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger and David Niven. It was directed by Mark Robson, produced by Robson and F. Hugh Herbert, from a screenplay by Herbert, adapted by Nancy Mitford from the play ""La petite hutte"" by André Roussin. Sir Philip Ashlow (Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Susan Ashlow (Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (Niven) are shipwrecked"
"with ""Carlton-Browne of the F.O."" (1959), a send up of diplomacy. The Boultings took on increasingly powerful trade unions and ever corrupt board room power with ""I'm All Right Jack"" (1959), a sequel to ""Private's Progress"" with Carmichael, Thomas and Attenborough reprising their roles, and Harvey co-writing. The film was also notable for the performance of Peter Sellers as trade union foreman Fred Kite. It was the most popular film at the British box office in 1959. ""Suspect"" (1960) was a return to the thriller genre for the brothers. ""A French Mistress"" (1960) was a comedy farce. ""Heavens Above!"" (1963)"
"The Stars Look Down (film) The Stars Look Down is a British film from 1940, based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel of the same name, about injustices in a mining community in North East England. The film, co-scripted by Cronin and directed by Carol Reed, stars Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick and Margaret Lockwood as Jenny Sunley. The film is a ""New York Times"" Critics' Pick and is listed in ""The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made"". A week of filming was undertaken at Great Clifton and St Helens Siddick Colliery at Workington in"