Movies by Peter Sellers
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Peter Cook & Dudley Moore: The Best of... What's Left of... Not Only... But Also... (2008)
Cast: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, John Lennon …
The diminutive Dudley Moore and the sky-high Peter Cook match wits as perfect comic foils in this collection of episodes from the duo's successful BBC sketch show "Not Only … But…
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The Golden Years of British Comedy (2007)
Cast: Marty Feldman, Jack Warner, Terry-Thomas …
Directed by: Terry-Thomas
The classic British comedians of the 1940s, '50s and '60s are remembered in this sidesplitting collection of routines culled from vintage live shows, rarely seen sitcoms and other…
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Tony Palmer's Film About the Salzburg Festival (2006)
Cast: Plácido Domingo, Lang Lang, Simon Rattle …
Directed by: Tony Palmer
Armed with unprecedented access to Austria's national film archives, filmmaker Tony Palmer tells the story of the legendary Salzburg Festival, which has played host to the world's…
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Unknown Peter Sellers (2000)
Cast: Peter Sellers
Long before his fans came to know him as Inspector Clouseau, Peter Sellers was breaking comic ground in radio, stage, TV and films. From his groundbreaking radio show "The Goons" to such…
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Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Cast: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Harold Berens …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Although Peter Sellers died of a heart attack in 1980, it didn't stop director Blake Edwards from concocting one final film about everyone's favorite bumbling inspector, using…
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Being There (1979)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: Hal Ashby
The uncomplicated life of simple-minded Chance is changed after a run-in with wealthy Eve, and soon his "wisdom" -- mostly garden related -- has Washington's political elite hailing him…
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Swashbuckler meets slapstick in this hilarious take on Anthony Hope's classic tale, which stars the inimitable Peter Sellers in the dual roles of the would-be king of Ruritania and the…
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Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
While letting the world believe that he's been murdered, ham-fisted but unflappable Inspector Clouseau disguises himself and travels the globe to break up a heroin ring with help from a…
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Best of The Muppet Show: Peter Sellers / John Cleese / Dudley Moore (1978)
Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Peter Sellers …
Directed by: Philip Casson, Peter Harris
Mixing clever music and comedy with fabulous puppetry and fun guest stars, Jim Henson's Muppets became pop culture icons that endure to this day. This special collection features three…
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Driven mad by Inspector Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) incompetence, former Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) commandeers a doomsday device and threatens global destruction. His only…
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Murder by Death (1976)
Cast: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco …
Directed by: Robert Moore
In this murder-mystery spoof, enigmatic millionaire Lionel Twain invites six brilliant detectives to a dinner that turns into a murder investigation with a hefty prize going to the one who…
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The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
When the priceless Pink Panther diamond is stolen yet again, the inimitable Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is saved from an unwilling early retirement and sent to the country of Lugash to…
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The Block House (1974)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Peter Vaughan, Charles Aznavour …
Directed by: Clive Rees
The Allied bombardment of Normandy sends seven forced laborers into a concrete bunker filled with food, wine and other necessities. They're overjoyed until they realize they're…
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The Optimists (1973)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Donna Mullane, John Chaffey …
Directed by: Anthony Simmons
Peter Sellers stars as a retired music hall star turned street performer who befriends a pair of children (Donna Mullane and John Chaffey) and finds his life forever changed. He thought they…
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
Cast: Fiona Fullerton, Robert Helpmann, Peter Sellers …
Directed by: William Sterling
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of…
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The World of Peter Sellers (1971)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Raquel Welch …
Directed by: Tony Palmer
In this detailed biographical portrait that was initially banned by the BBC upon its release in 1971, documentary filmmaker Tony Palmer explores the life and work of British actor Peter…
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Hoffman (1970)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Sinéad Cusack, Ruth Dunning …
Directed by: Alvin Rakoff
Lonely middle-aged businessman Benjamin Hoffman (Peter Sellers) has been in love with secretary Janet Smith (Sinead Cusack) for years. After discovering some damaging information about her…
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There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Tony Britton …
Directed by: Roy Boulting
After being ditched by her sexually liberated boyfriend, a doe-eyed flower child (Goldie Hawn) is forced to crash at the bachelor pad of Robert Danvers (Peter Sellers), a notorious London…
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A Day at the Beach (1970)
Cast: Mark Burns, Beatie Edney, Joanna Dunham …
Directed by: Simon Hesera
A trip to a shabby seaside resort for Bernie (Mark Burns) and his crippled daughter, Winnie (Beatrice Edney), devolves into a shameful display of neglect and addiction as the alcoholic,…
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The Magic Christian (1969)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans …
Directed by: Joseph McGrath
In this adaptation of Terry Southern's offbeat novel, an eccentric millionaire stumbles upon a down-and-out vagrant in the park and decides to adopt him as his son. The pair embark on a…
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The Party (1968)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Natalia Borisova …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
An Indian would-be actor named Hrundi (Peter Sellers) ruins an entire shooting day on an epic period film in which he's cast as an extra. But instead of being fired from the movie,…
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I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young …
Directed by: Hy Averback
Helmed by Hy Averback, this biting satire stars Peter Sellers as a prim, middle-aged lawyer who jilts his fiancée and embraces the 1960s counterculture after falling for a nubile…
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Casino Royale (1967)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven …
Directed by: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes …
In this star-studded spoof, a retired James Bond (David Niven) is pressed back into service and commissions a collection of phony 007s to foil a sinister world-domination plot. Co-stars…
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Woman Times Seven (1967)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Elspeth March …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Shirley MacLaine earned a Golden Globe nod for her performance in this set of seven comedic tales about adultery, playing an errant widow at her spouse's funeral and a woman who turns to…
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After the Fox (1966)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
More than $3 million in gold bullion is bound for Italy from Cairo, Egypt, and con man Aldo Vanucci (Peter Sellers) knows just how to pilfer it: masquerade as a flamboyant director filming a…
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Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Cast: Anne-Marie Mallik, Wilfrid Brambell, Peter Cook …
Directed by: Jonathan Miller
A Victorian-era Alice (Anne-Marie Mallik) exposes the middle class's foibles and embarks on an unforgettable journey after falling down a rabbit hole. Jonathan Miller directs legendary…
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What's New Pussycat? (1965)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider …
Directed by: Clive Donner
Skirt-chaser Michael James, unaware that the shrink is busy trying to bed a patient who has the hots for Michael. When both couples check into a countryside château, catastrophe looms in…
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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Sight gags and pratfalls abound in director Blake Edwards's unadulterated farce about a sexy parlor maid (Elke Sommer) accused of killing her lothario lover. Enter the bumbling Inspector…
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Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden …
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
When a fanatical U.S. general (Sterling Hayden) launches an air strike against the Soviets, they raise the stakes by threatening to unleash a "doomsday device," setting the stage for…
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The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Angela Lansbury, Paula Prentiss …
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Peter Sellers fans won't want to miss this gem directed by George Roy Hill (The Sting). Sellers is Henry Orient, a playboy pianist who has the hots for a very married Paula Prentiss. But…
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The Pink Panther (1963)
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
After arriving at a winter resort with her "Panther," a large priceless diamond with the image of a leaping feline inside, a sexy princess meets a debonair professional thief. Can the…
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Heavens Above! (1963)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans …
Directed by: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
This delightful 1960s comedy stars Peter Sellers as the Rev. John Smallwood, an unconventional prison chaplain who's mistakenly appointed as Vicar of the wealthy parrish of Orbiston…
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Lolita (1962)
Cast: Peter Sellers, James Mason, Shelley Winters …
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Humbert Humbert (James Mason) is uncontrollably attracted to jailbait teen Lolita (Sue Lyon) and knows no good can come of his pursuit. But, driven by passion and desire, he continues his…
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Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, Margaret Leighton …
Directed by: John Guillermin
Peter Sellers plays a pompous retired general who still has a taste for the ladies in this lusty comedy of manners from French playwright Jean Anouilh, who tempers his treatment of the old…
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Trial and Error (1962)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid …
Directed by: James Hill
Herbert Fowle (Richard Attenborough) freely admits to killing his wife, while his lawyer (Peter Sellers) attempts to mount a compelling case for his client's innocence. During the trial,…
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The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962)
Cast: Bernard Cribbins, John Le Mesurier, Lionel Jeffries …
Directed by: Cliff Owen
A new gang has moved into London, posing as police officers and robbing the crooks. Afraid this might upset the natural balance between cops and robbers, criminal mastermind Pearly Gates…
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The Millionairess (1960)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim …
Directed by: Anthony Asquith
In Anthony Asquith's adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play, Sophia Loren stars as the beautiful, spoiled heiress Epifania Parerga. When her wealth fails to bring her happiness,…
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Two-Way Stretch (1960)
Cast: Peter Sellers, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins …
Directed by: Robert Day
Peter Sellers stars in this comedic caper as criminal mastermind Dodger Lane, who, while serving the last couple weeks of a prison sentence, hatches a plan for the perfect robbery with his…
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Never Let Go (1960)
Cast: Adam Faith, Carol White, Elizabeth Sellars …
Directed by: John Guillermin
Car salesman John (Richard Todd) can't seem to catch a break, so he decides to buy a car himself as a way to increase sales. But when his vehicle is stolen, John will stop at nothing to…
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I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas …
Directed by: John Boulting
Recent Oxford graduate and old money aristocrat Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) takes a menial job in his uncle's factory -- and keep his background a secret. His incompetence earns…
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
Cast: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi …
Directed by: Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell
Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers star in this 1950s comedy. When the king of a small Pacific island dies, the island's evil and greedy prime minister (Sellers) looks to profit from the…
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The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, Timothy Bateson …
Directed by: Jack Arnold
In this adaptation of Leonard Wibberley's satirical novel, the world's smallest country, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, stays afloat by exporting wine to America. But when California…
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Tom Thumb (1958)
Cast: June Thorburn, Russ Tamblyn, Peter Sellers …
Directed by: George Pal
In this rousing musical comedy, Russ Tamblyn plays the diminutive Tom, who finds a home with a kindly woodcutter and his wife, only to find himself at the mercy of two conniving shysters,…
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The Naked Truth (1958)
Cast: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount …
Directed by: Mario Zampi
For years, tabloid publisher Nigel Dennis (Dennis Price) has kept A-listers under his thumb, unearthing their dirt in a gossip rag dubbed &NFi;The Naked Truth&NFi_;. But he doesn't count…
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Up the Creek (1958)
Cast: David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White …
Directed by: Val Guest
When the Admiralty assigns bumbling Lt. Fairweather (David Tomlinson) to command the dilapidated old HMS Berkeley, the harebrained officer discovers that the ship's crew, led by CPO…
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The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Peter Sellers …
Directed by: Basil Dearden
When young newlyweds Matt and Jean Spencer (Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna) inherit a dilapidated movie theater in a small English town, they decide at first to sell it. But the debts…
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The Ladykillers (1955)
Cast: Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker …
Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick
Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness) is the leader of a crime ring planning a heist. His confederates, blowhard Major Courtney (Cecil Parker), suave Louis (Herbert Lom), chubby Harry (Peter…