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| Mr. Topaze | |
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| Directed by | Peter Sellers |
| Written by | Marcel Pagnol Pierre Rouve |
| Produced by | Pierre Rouve |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Nadia Gray Herbert Lom Leo McKern |
| Cinematography | John Wilcox |
| Edited by | Geoffrey Foot |
| Music by | George Martin Georges Van Parys |
Release dates | 4 April, 1961 (London) 18 May, 1962 (New York) |
Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | Template:FilmUK |
| Language | English |
Mr. Topaze (aka I Like Money) was Peter Sellers' directorial debut in 1961. Starring Sellers, Nadia Gray, and Leo McKern as well as Herbert Lom who quarreled with Seller's Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies. The film is an adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's Topaze and a remake of the 1931 film.
The film is considered one of Seller's lost films, and its distribution and screening today is virtually non-existent. His son Michael Sellers plays in the film in the role of Gaston.
Plot
Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy Baroness (Martita Hunt). Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy (Nadia Gray), a musical comedy actress, to hire Mr. Topaze as the front man for his business. Gradually, Topaze becomes a rapacious financier who sacrifices his honesty for success and, in a final stroke of business bravado, fires Benac and acquires Suzy in the deal. An old friend and colleague, Tamise (Michael Gough) questions him and tells Topaze that what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men.
Cast
- Peter Sellers as Auguste Topaze
- Nadia Gray as Suzy
- Herbert Lom as Castel Benac
- Leo McKern as Muche
- Martita Hunt as Baroness
- Michael Gough as Tamise
- Anne Leon as Mrs. Tamise
- Billie Whitelaw as Ernestine
- Joan Sims as Colette
- John Neville as Roger
- John Le Mesurier as Blackmailer
External links
- Mr. Topaze at IMDb
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