• Choose a category
• All
• Classic-Fiction

By Root 1543 0

Litton), Peter Sellers (Inspector Jacques Clouseau), Robert Wagner (George Litton), Capucine (Simone Clouseau), Brenda De Banzie (Angela Dunning), Colin Gordon (Tucker), John Le Mesurier (defense attorney), James Lanphier (Saloud), Guy Thomajan (Artoff), Michael Trubshawe (novelist), Riccardo Billi (Greek shipowner), Meri Wells (Hollywood starlet), Martin Miller (photographer), Fran Jeffries (Greek “cousin”), and Claudia Cardinale (Princess Darla). Director: Blake Edwards; screenwriters: Maurice Richlin and Blake Edwards; director of photography: Philip Lathrop; producer: Martin Jurow. Mirisch Company/United Artists, 113 minutes.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Peter Sellers (Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove), George C. Scott (Gen. “Buck” Turgidson), Sterling Hayden (Gen. Jack D. Ripper), Keenan Wynn (Col. “Bat” Guano), Slim Pickens (Maj. T. J. “King” Kong), Peter Bull (Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky), Tracy Reed (Miss Scott), James Earl Jones (Lt. Lothar Zogg), Jack Creley (Mr. Staines), Frank Berry (Lt. H. R. Dietrich). Director: Stanley Kubrick; screenwriters: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, and Peter George, based on the novel Red Alert by Peter George; director of photography: Gilbert Taylor; producer: Stanley Kubrick. Hawk Films/Columbia, 90 minutes.

A Shot in the Dark (1964). Peter Sellers (Inspector Jacques Clouseau), Elke Sommer (Maria Gambrelli), George Sanders (Benjamin Ballon), Herbert Lom (Charles Dreyfus), Tracy Reed (Dominique Ballon), Graham Stark (Hercule Lajoy), Moira Redmond (Simone), Vanda Godsell (Madame LaFarge), Maurice Kaufmann (Pierre), Ann Lynn (Dudu), David Lodge (Georges), André Maranne (Franois), Martin Benson (Maurice), Burt Kwouk (Kato), Reginald Beckwith (camp receptionist), Douglas Wilmer (Henri LaFarge), and Bryan Forbes (Turk). Director: Blake Edwards; screenwriters: Blake Edwards and William Peter Blatty, based on the stage play by Harry Kurnitz from the play by Marcel Achard; director of photography: Christopher Challis; producer: Blake Edwards. Mirisch Company/United Artists, 102 minutes.

The World of Henry Orient (1964). Peter Sellers (Henry Orient), Paula Prentiss (Stella), Angela Lansbury (Isabel Boyd), Tom Bosley (Frank Boyd), Phyllis Thaxter (Mrs. Avis Gilbert), Bibi Osterwald (Boothy Booth), Merrie Spaeth (Gil Gilbert), Tippy Walker (Val Boyd), John Fiedler (Sidney), Al Lewis (store owner), Peter Duchin (Joe Byrd). Director: George Roy Hill; screenwriter: Nora Johnson and Nunnally Johnson, based on the novel by Nora Johnson; directors of photography: Boris Kaufman and Arthur J. Ornitz; producer: Jerome Hellman. Pan Arts/United Artists, 106 minutes.

Carol for Another Christmas (1964). Sterling Hayden (Grudge), Peter Fonda (Morley), Ben Gazzara (Fred), Richard Harris (ghost of Christmas present), Steve Lawrence (ghost of Christmas past), Eva Marie Saint (Wave), and Peter Sellers (King of the Individualists), with Britt Ekland and Robert Shaw. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; screenplay, Rod Serling, based on the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; director of photography: Arthur Ornitz; producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Xerox Corporation/Telsun Foundation, Inc., for the United Nations/American Broadcasting Co. Aired on December 28, 1964.

What’s New, Pussycat? (1965) Peter Sellers (Dr. Fritz Fassbender), Peter O’Toole (Michael James), Romy Schneider (Carole), Capucine (Renée), Paula Prentiss (Liz), Woody Allen (Victor), Ursula Andress (Rita), and Edra Gale (Anna Fassbender). Director: Clive Donner; screenwriter: Woody Allen; director of photography: Jean Badal; producer: Charles K. Feldman. Famous Artists/United Artists, 108 minutes.

After the Fox (1966). Peter Sellers (Aldo Vanucci), Britt Ekland (Gina), Lidia Brazzi (Teresa Vanucci), Paolo Stoppa (Pollo), Tino Buazzelli (Siepe), Mac Ronay (Carlo), Victor Mature (Tony Powell), Martin Balsam (Harry), and Akim Tamiroff (Okra). Director: Vittorio De Sica; screenwriter: Neil Simon; director of photography: Leonida Barboni; producer: John Bryan.