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The Mouse That Roared
They're taking over the country in an invasion of laughs!
Genres
Comedy
Overview
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
83 min
Release Date
1959-07-17
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
120
Vote Average
6.3
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Peter Sellers
Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
Jean Seberg
Helen Kokintz
William Hartnell
Will Buckley
David Kossoff
Professor Alfred Kokintz
Leo McKern
Benter
MacDonald Parke
General Snippet
Austin Willis
United States Secretary of Defense
Timothy Bateson
Roger
Monte Landis
Cobbley
Alan Gifford
Air Raid Warden
Colin Gordon
BBC Announcer
Harold Kasket
Pedro
Guy Deghy
Soviet Ambassador (uncredited)
Eve Eden
Spectator (uncredited)
Bill Edwards
Army Captain (uncredited)
Mabel Etherington
Ada - Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Muriel Greenslade
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Fred Haggerty
Fenwickian (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Maybury (uncredited)
George Margo
O'Hara (uncredited)
Lionel Murton
American General at the Pentagon (uncredited)
Bill Nagy
U.S. Policeman (uncredited)
Robert O'Neil
Reporter (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
American General (uncredited)
Stuart Saunders
Sergeant (uncredited)
Fred Stroud
Fenwickian (uncredited)
John Tatum
American Admiral (uncredited)
Mavis Villiers
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Bird Seller (uncredited)
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