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Another classic Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers pairing. This Roy Boulting and Jeffrey Dell comedy features a perfectly cast Thomas as Britain's worst diplomat, plunged into a crisis in the seemingly sleepy colony of Gallardia. Thomas's feeble handling of a row over mineral rights leads him to constantly fall foul of Sellers' oily Prime Minister Amphibulos.

Keywords:

Comedy, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1959) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

Terry-Thomas	.... Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne
Peter Sellers	.... Prime Minister Amphibulos
Luciana Paluzzi	.... Princess Ilyena
Ian Bannen	.... Young King Loris
Thorley Walters	.... Colonel Bellingham
Raymond Huntley	.... Foreign Secretary Tufton-Slade

Supporting Cast:

Miles Malleson	.... Resident Advisor Davidson
John Le Mesurier	.... Grand Duke Alexis
Marie Lohr	.... Lady Carlton-Browne
Kynaston Reeves	.... Sir Arthur Carlton-Browne
Ronald Adam	.... Sir John Farthing
John Van Eyssen	.... Hewitt
Nicholas Parsons	.... Rodgers
Irene Handl	.... Mrs. Carter
Harry Locke	.... Commentator

Directors:

Roy Boulting
Jeffrey Dell

Writers:

Roy Boulting
Jeffrey Dell