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The Mouse That Roared
“They're taking over the country in an invasion of laughs!”
6.4 / 10• 1959• 1h 23m•PG• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Peter Sellers
Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
Lead
Jean Seberg
Helen Kokintz
William Hartnell
Will Buckley
David Kossoff
Professor Alfred Kokintz
Leo McKern
Benter
MacDonald Parke
General Snippet
Austin Willis
United States Secretary of Defense
Timothy Bateson
Roger
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jack Arnold's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Mouse That Roared is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
