The Mouse That Roared (film)

The Mouse That Roared is a 1959 British satirical Eastman Color comedy film based on Leonard Wibberleys 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 costars Jean Seberg. The film was directed by Jack Arnold, and the screenplay was written by Roger MacDougall and Stanley Mann.

The contingent ofsoldiers in medieval chain mail books passage across the Atlantic on a small merchant ship, arriving in New York Harbor during an airraid drill that leaves the city deserted and undefended. They chance upon a Civil Defense truck and are mistaken for invading Martians, prompting an investigation by blustering but ineffectual General Snippet MacDonald Parke. Puncturing the tires of the generals jeep with their bows and arrows, the Fenwick troops take him and four NYPD officers hostage. Still looking for a place to surrender, Tully and Will stumble across Dr. Alfred Kokintz David Kossoff, whose invention of the Q Bomb capable of destroying an entire continent has prompted the defense drills. He has built a footballsized prototype of the unstable bomb, which Tully takes possession of. With Kokintz and his attractive daughter Helen Jean Seberg as additional hostages, Tully declares victory and returns with them to Grand Fenwick.The duchess indulges Tullys victory, and the prime minister resigns in disgust at Tullys blunder, leaving him as acting prime minister. When the incident is discovered, the U.S. government is thwarted from retaking the weapon and hostages by force, fearing the dishonor of attacking such a small and defenseless nation. Instead, they send the U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin Willis to discuss terms of surrender and get back the bomb. Meanwhile, Grand Fenwick receives competing offers of defensive aid from each of the worlds powers, in exchange for the weapon. ........

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