The Mouse That Roared
1959 · Movie · PG · 83 min · ★ 6.3 · 85% critics
A tiny European duchy, desperate to fix its money troubles, hatches a bizarre plan: declare war on the United States, quickly lose, and collect generous aid. But when their medieval-style “invasion” reaches New York during an emergency drill, a series of misunderstandings turns their simple scheme into an unexpected international headache.
Based on The Mouse That Roared
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Details
- Years
- 1959
- Release date
- 1959-07-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (137 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle political farce with absurd situations and light nuclear-age satire, especially if you like The Man in the White Suit or Our Man in Havana; Not for you if you need nonstop big laughs.
Pros: clever Cold War satire; imaginative premise; a few solid chuckles | Cons: uneven laughs; dated humor; pacing can drag
Themes
- new york city
- satire
Cast & crew
Peter Sellers
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
Jean Seberg
as Helen Kokintz
William Hartnell
as Will Buckley
David Kossoff
as Professor Alfred Kokintz
Leo McKern
as Benter
MacDonald Parke
as General Snippet
Austin Willis
as United States Secretary of Defense
Timothy Bateson
as Roger
Monte Landis
as Cobbley
Alan Gifford
as Air Raid Warden
Directed by Jack Arnold