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The Mouse that Roared (1959)

A classic British satirical comedy film on a Ban The Bomb theme,

Based on Leonard Wibberley's novel The Mouse That Roared (1955).

A thoroughly enjoyable light-hearted romp.

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 wine.

Crafty Prime Minister Count Mountjoy devises a plan:

Grand Fenwick will declare war on the United States, then surrender,

taking advantage of American largesse toward its defeated enemies

to rebuild the defeated nation's economy.

(This was pre-Trump obviously)

It stars Peter Sellers in three roles:

Duchess Gloriana XII

Count Rupert Mountjoy, the Prime Minister

and Tully Bascomb, the military leader.

I was really young when I first encountered this film and, for some reason,

the American football/rugby ball shaped bomb really disturbed me.

It wasn't the threat of detonation that bothered me

but rather it's mixture of leather and faux electronics.

It looks like something Salvador Dali would have designed.

Various optional subtitles are included.

regards

Titus

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