The Mouse That Roared

October. 26,1959      PG
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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Reviews

Karry
1959/10/26

Best movie of this year hands down!

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JinRoz
1959/10/27

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

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Chirphymium
1959/10/28

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Bob
1959/10/29

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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