Mr. Strangelove_ A Biography of Peter Sellers - Ed Sikov [216]
The Ladykillers (1955). Katie Johnson (Mrs. Wilberforce), Alec Guinness (Professor Marcus), Cecil Parker (Major Courtney), Herbert Lom (Louis), Peter Sellers (Harry), Danny Green (One-Round), Jack Warner (police superintendent). Director: Alexander Mackendrick; screenwriter: William Rose; cinematography: Otto Heller; producer: Michael Balcon; associate producer, Seth Holt. Ealing Studios, 97 minutes.
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn (1956). Peter Sellers (Quilt, Sir Jervis Fruit, Henry Crun), Spike Milligan (Brown, White, Minnie, Catchpole Burkington), and Dick Emery (Watchman, Nodule, Such, Ponk), with Pamela Thomas, Wally Thomas, Bill Hepper, and Gordon Phillott. Director: Joseph Sterling; screenwriters: Harry Booth, Jon Penington, and Larry Stephens, from a story by Larry Stephens, with additional material by Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers; director of photography: Gerald Gibbs; producers: Jon Pennington, Harry Booth, and Michael Deeley. Marlborough Pictures, 27 minutes.
The Man Who Never Was (1956). Clifton Webb (Lt. Comm. Ewen Montagu), Gloria Grahame (Lucy Sherwood), Peter Sellers (voice of Winston Churchill, uncredited). Director: Ronald Neame; screenwriter: Nigel Balchin, based on the book by Ewen Montagu; director of photography: Oswald Morris; producer: André Hakim. Twentieth Century-Fox/Sumar Film, 103 minutes.
Dearth of a Salesman (1957). Peter Sellers (Hector Dimwittie). Director: Leslie Arliss. A.B.-Pathé, 28 minutes.
Insomnia Is Good for You (1957). Peter Sellers (Hector Dimwittie). Director: Leslie Arliss; screenwriters: Lewis Greifer, Mordecai Richler; director of photography: J. Burgoyne-Johnson. A.B.-Pathé, 26 minutes.
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957). Virginia McKenna (Jean), Bill Travers (Matt), Margaret Rutherford (Mrs. Fazackalee), Peter Sellers (Percy Quill), Bernard Miles (Old Tom), Francis De Wolff (Hardcastle). Director: Basil Dearden; screenwriter: John Eldridge and William Rose; director of photography: Douglas Slocombe; producers: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, and Michael Relph. British Lion/Continental, 81 minutes. Originally released in the U.S. as Big Time Operators.
The Naked Truth (1957). Terry-Thomas (Lord Henry Mayley), Peter Sellers (Sonny MacGregor), Peggy Mount (Flora Ransom), Shirley Eaton (Melissa Right), Dennis Price (Nigel Dennis), Georgina Cookson (Lady Lucy Mayley), Kenneth Griffith (Porter), David Lodge (Constable Johnson). Director: Mario Zampi; screenwriter: Michael Pertwee; director of photography: Stanley Pavey; producer: Mario Zampi. British Film/Rank Organisation, 91 minutes. Originally released in the U.S. as Your Past Is Showing.
Up the Creek (1958). David Tomlinson (Lieutenant Fairweather), Peter Sellers (Chief Petty Officer Doherty), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Admiral Foley), Lionel Jeffries (Steady Barker), Lionel Murton (Perkins), Sam Kydd (Bates), John Warren (Cooky), Liliane Sottane (Susanne), and David Lodge (Scouse). Director: Val Guest; screenwiters: Val Guest, John Warren, and Len Heath; director of photography: Arthur Grant; producer: Henry Halsted. Byron/Exclusive, 83 minutes.
tom thumb (1958). Russ Tamblyn (Tom Thumb), Alan Young (Woody), June Thorburn (Forest Queen), Terry-Thomas (Ivan), Peter Sellers (Tony), Bernard Miles (Father), Jessie Matthews (Mother), Peter Bull (the town crier), and the Puppetoons. Director: George Pal; screenwriter: Ladislas Fodor, based on the story by the Brothers Grimm; director of photography: Georges Périnal; producer: George Pal. Galaxy Pictures/MGM, 98 minutes.
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959). Terry-Thomas (Cadogan deVere Carlton-Browne), Peter Sellers (Amphibulos), Luciana Paluzzi (Princess Ilyena), Ian Bannen (young king), Thorley Walters (Colonel Bellingham), Miles Malleson (resident advisor), Raymond Huntley (foreign secretary), John Le