| The Mouse That Roared | |
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| Directed by | Jack Arnold |
| Screenplay by | Roger MacDougall Stanley Mann |
| Based on | The Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberley |
| Produced by | Walter Shenson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | John Wilcox |
| Edited by | Raymond Poulton |
| Music by | Edwin Astley |
Production company | Highroad Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | English French |
| Budget | $300,000[1] |
| Box office | $2,000,000 (US & Canada rentals)[2] $200,000 (UK rentals)[3] |
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).[4] 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.
- ^ "'Mouse That Roared' to$1,848,000; Jackster's Slants on British Click". Variety. 22 February 1961. p. 5.
- ^ "Rental Potentials of 1960". Variety. 4 January 1961. p. 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
- ^ "'Mouse' Amused U.S.; Not Blighty". Variety. 24 January 1962. p. 1.
- ^ "The Mouse That Roared (1959)". Archived from the original on 19 February 2017.