Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
UK cinema poster
Directed byRoy Boulting
Jeffrey Dell
Written byRoy Boulting (screenplay and story)
Jeffrey Dell (screenplay and story)
Produced byJohn Boulting
StarringTerry-Thomas
Peter Sellers
Luciana Paluzzi
CinematographyMax Greene
Edited byAnthony Harvey
Music byJohn Addison
Production
company
Charter Film Productions
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 10 March 1959 (1959-03-10) (London)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£211,633

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (U.S. title: Man in a Cocked Hat) is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and Jeffrey Dell and starring Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, and Luciana Paluzzi. It was written by Boulting and Dell and produced by John Boulting.

The film centres on an inept Foreign Office (F.O.) diplomat who is sent to re-establish good relations with the island of Gaillardia, an obscure former British colony that attracts the attention of both the UK and the USSR for its mineral deposits.