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The Mouse That Roared

The Mouse That Roared

6,3 /10 (137 Votes)
1959 EN 83 min

Overview

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.

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Release date

17/07/1959

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137

Popularity

1.0

They're taking over the country in an invasion of laughs!

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Language

EN

Runtime

83 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-07-03

⭐ 7

Peter Sellars plays just about everyone in this light-hearted comedy about a tiny European Grand Duchy that comes up with a cunning plan to address it's shocking balance of trade problems. It decides to invade the United States! Armed with little more than halbards, helmets and lances, they sail into New work harbour and take the place unopposed. What's going on? They fully expected to be arrested so that would allow Prime Minister "Rupert of Mountjoy" (Sellars) to present the case of his Sovereign "Gloriana" (Sellars) to stop a Californian vineyard from flooding the market with their own chea…

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