Mr. Strangelove_ A Biography of Peter Sellers - Ed Sikov [222]
The Optimists (1973). Peter Sellers (Sam), Donna Mulane (Liz), John Chaffey (Mark), Marjorie Yates (Chrissie Ellis), David Daker (Bob Ellis), and Pat Ashton (Mrs. Bonini). Director: Anthony Simmons; screenwriter: Tudor Gates and Anthony Simmons, based on the novel The Optimists of Nine Elms by Anthony Simmons; director of photography: Larry Pizer; producers: Adrian Gaye and Victor Lyndon. Cheetah/Sagittarius/Paramount Pictures, 110 minutes.
Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973). Peter Sellers (Dick Scratcher), Anthony Franciosa (Pierre), Spike Milligan (Billy Bombay), Peter Boyle (Ras Mohammed), Clive Revill (Bay of Algiers), Richard Willis (Jeremiah), James Villiers (Parsley-Frack), Thomas Baptiste (Abdullah), Griffith Davies (Omar), and David Lodge (Zante). Director: Peter Medak; screenwriter: Evan Jones, with additional dialogue by Spike Milligan, based on the novel by Sid Fleischman; directors of photography: Michael Reed and Larry Pizer (uncredited); producer: Gareth Wigan. World Film Servers/Cavalcade Films, Heron Service Company Production, 90 minutes.
The Great McGonagall (1974). Spike Milligan (William McGonagall), Peter Sellers (Queen Victoria), Julia Foster (Mrs. McGonagall), John Bluthal (Mr. Giles, MacDuff, Herclues Paint, McLain, British soldier, policeman, sheriff, judge), Victor Spinetti (Mr. Stewart, Second-Lieutenant Rotlo, gentleman, revolutionary, cardinal, policeman), and Valentine Dyall (Lord Tennyson, sergeant, doctor, native messenger, policeman, fop). Director: Joseph McGrath; screenwriters: Spike Milligan and Joseph McGrath; director of photography: John Mackey; producer: David Grant. Darlton, 95 minutes.
The Return of the Pink Panther (1974). Peter Sellers (Inspector Jacques Clouseau), Christopher Plummer (Sir Charles Litton), Catherine Schell (Claudine), Herbert Lom (Chief Inspector Dreyfus), Peter Arne (Colonel Sharki), Peter Jeffrey (General Wadafy), Gregoire Aslan (chief of Lugash Police), Burt Kwouk (Cato), David Lodge (Mac), and Graham Stark (Pepi). Director: Blake Edwards; screenwriters: Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards; director of photography: Geoffrey Unsworth; producer: Blake Edwards. Mirisch Corp./United Artists, 113 minutes.
Murder by Death (1976). Peter Sellers (Sidney Wang), Alec Guinness (Jamesir Bensonmum), Maggie Smith (Dora Charleston), David Niven (Dick Charleston), Eileen Brennan (Tess Skeffington), Truman Capote (Lionel Twain), James Coco (Milo Perrier), Peter Falk (Sam Diamond), Elsa Lanchester (Jessica Marbles), Nancy Walker (Yetta the maid), Estelle Winwood (Miss Withers), James Cromwell (Marcel), and Richard Narita (Willie Wang). Director: Robert Moore; screenwriter: Neil Simon; director of photography: David M. Walsh; producer: Ray Stark. Rastar/Columbia Pictures, 94 minutes.
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976). Peter Sellers (Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau), Herbert Lom (former Chief Inspector Dreyfus), Burt Kwouk (Cato), Leonard Rossiter (Quinlan), Colin Blakely (Drummond), Lesley-Anne Down (Olga), Howard K. Smith (himself), Graham Stark (two hotel clerks), Dick Crockett (the president), Byron Kane (secretary of state), Richard Vernon (Professor Fassbender), and Briony McRoberts (Margo Fassbender). Director: Blake Edwards; screenwriters: Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards; director of photography: Harry Waxman; producer: Blake Edwards. Amjo/United Artists, 103 minutes.
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). Peter Sellers (Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau), Herbert Lom (former Chief Inspector Dreyfus), Burt Kwouk (Cato), Dyan Cannon (Simone Legree), Robert Webber (Philippe Douvier), Robert Loggia (Marchione), Tony Beckley (Algo), and Graham Stark (Dr. Augus Balls). Director: Blake Edwards; screenwriters: Blake Edwards, Frank Waldman, and Ron Clark; director of photography: Ernest Day; producer: Blake Edwards. Jewel/United Artists, 104 minutes.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979). Peter Sellers