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Unwilling to sacrifice his principles, Auguste Topaze (Peter Sellers), a poor but proud French schoolmaster, loses his job after he refuses to alter the failing grades of one of students. Seizing the opportunity to exploit his well-known honesty, actress Suzy Courtois (Nadia Gray) convinces her lover, the corrupt city council member Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), to hire Topaze as a managing director for one of his shady businesses. But when Topaze learns he is being used, he cunningly turns the tables on Benac and makes off with all the money.
Original Release
03/23/1961
US Release
05/18/1962
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nadia Gray | Suzy |
Herbert Lom | Castel Benac |
Leo McKern | Muche |
Martita Hunt | Baroness |
Michael Gough | Tamise |
Anne Leon | Mrs. Tamise |
Billie Whitelaw | Ernestine |
Joan Sims | Colette |
John Neville | Roger de Bersac / Roger |
John Le Mesurier | Blackmailer |
Directors
Writers
Marcel Pagnol, Pierre Rouve, Johnny Speight
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nadia Gray | Suzy |
Herbert Lom | Castel Benac |
Leo McKern | Muche |
Martita Hunt | Baroness |
Michael Gough | Tamise |
Anne Leon | Mrs. Tamise |
Billie Whitelaw | Ernestine |
Joan Sims | Colette |
John Neville | Roger de Bersac / Roger |
John Le Mesurier | Blackmailer |
Michael Sellers | Gaston |
Pauline Shepherd | Lilette |
Mario Fabrizi | Surprised gentleman |
Thomas Gallagher | Policeman |
Rex Garner | Maitre D |
Mark Mileham | Pupil performing dictation |
John Miller | Butler |
Charles Rayford | Servant |
Peter Sellers | Auguste Topaze |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dimitri De Grunwald | Executive Producer |
Pierre Rouve | Producer |