The Mouse That Roared (film)

The Mouse That Roared
Original British quad format film poster
Directed byJack Arnold
Screenplay byRoger MacDougall
Stanley Mann
Based onThe Mouse That Roared
by Leonard Wibberley
Produced byWalter Shenson
Starring
CinematographyJohn Wilcox
Edited byRaymond Poulton
Music byEdwin Astley
Production
company
Highroad Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 17 July 1959 (1959-07-17) (UK)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget$300,000
Box office$2,000,000 (US & Canada rentals)
$200,000 (UK rentals)

The Mouse That Roared is a 1959 British satirical comedy film on a Ban The Bomb theme, based on Leonard Wibberley's 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 co-stars Jean Seberg. The film was directed by Jack Arnold, and the screenplay was written by Roger MacDougall and Stanley Mann.