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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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Director Stanley Kubrick
Writer Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George
Cast Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
Plot A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
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Being There (1979)
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Director Hal Ashby
Writer Jerzy Kosinski, Robert C. Jones
Cast Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas
Plot After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.
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The Ladykillers (1955)
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Director Alexander Mackendrick
Writer William Rose, Jimmy O'Connor
Cast Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker
Plot Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
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The Party (1968)
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Director Blake Edwards
Writer Blake Edwards, Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman
Cast Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Natalia Borisova
Plot A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.
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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
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Director Blake Edwards
Writer Blake Edwards, William Peter Blatty, Harry Kurnitz
Cast Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders
Plot Bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau falls in love with murder suspect Maria Gambrelli and tries to clear her name.
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The Pink Panther (1963)
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Director Blake Edwards
Writer Maurice Richlin, Blake Edwards
Cast David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner
Plot The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink P...
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Murder by Death (1976)
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Director Robert Moore
Writer Neil Simon
Cast Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers
Plot Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.
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The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
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Director Blake Edwards
Writer Frank Waldman, Blake Edwards
Cast Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell
Plot Inspector Jacques Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
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Director Blake Edwards
Writer Frank Waldman, Blake Edwards
Cast Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down
Plot After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.
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Casino Royale (1967)
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Director Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston
Writer Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, Michael Sayers
Cast David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress
Plot In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
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The Mouse That Roared (1959)
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Director Jack Arnold
Writer Roger MacDougall, Stanley Mann, Leonard Wibberley
Cast Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell
Plot An impoverished backward nation declares a war on the United States of America, hoping to lose, but things don't go according to plan.
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Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
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Director Blake Edwards
Writer Frank Waldman, Ron Clark, Blake Edwards
Cast Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk
Plot To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to k...
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What's New Pussycat (1965)
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Director Clive Donner
Writer Woody Allen
Cast Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider
Plot A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.
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I'm All Right Jack (1959)
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Director John Boulting
Writer Alan Hackney, Frank Harvey, John Boulting
Cast Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers
Plot A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
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The World of Henry Orient (1964)
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Director George Roy Hill
Writer Nora Johnson, Nunnally Johnson
Cast Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth
Plot A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
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Caccia alla volpe aka After the Fox (1966)
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Director Vittorio De Sica
Writer Neil Simon, Cesare Zavattini
Cast Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland
Plot An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.
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Tom Thumb (1958)
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Director George Pal
Writer Ladislas Fodor, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Cast Russ Tamblyn, June Thorburn, Peter Sellers
Plot A boy (Russ Tamblyn), no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) determined to make a fortune from him.
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Two Way Stretch (1960)
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Director Robert Day
Writer John Warren, Len Heath, Alan Hackney
Cast Peter Sellers, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins
Plot While in prison, Dodger plots the perfect heist: break out, steal diamonds, get back before noticed. With days left on sentence and a solid alibi, he's confident nothing can go wrong.
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The Magic Christian (1969)
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Director Joseph McGrath
Writer Terry Southern, Joseph McGrath, Graham Chapman
Cast Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans
Plot The world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".
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I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
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Director Hy Averback
Writer Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker
Cast Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young
Plot A thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself.
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The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
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Director Cliff Owen
Writer Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, John Antrobus
Cast Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins
Plot In London, Australian gangsters disguised as Bobbies rob the local criminals, making the panicked British mobsters seek an alliance with Scotland Yard in order to eliminate the foreign competition and return things to "normal".
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Never Let Go (1960)
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Director John Guillermin
Writer John Guillermin, Peter De Sarigny, Alun Falconer
Cast Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars
Plot A cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.
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The Naked Truth aka Your Past Is Showing (1957)
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Director Mario Zampi
Writer Michael Pertwee
Cast Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount
Plot A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims.
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The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
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Director Charles Crichton
Writer James Thurber, Monja Danischewsky
Cast Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings
Plot Angela Barrows, an accomplished business analyst from the US, attempts to contemporise the late MacPherson's tweed factory, shaking the very foundation of a men-only company.
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Heavens Above! (1963)
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Director John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Writer Frank Harvey, John Boulting, Malcolm Muggeridge
Cast Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans
Plot A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.
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The Millionairess (1960)
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Director Anthony Asquith
Writer George Bernard Shaw, Riccardo Aragno, Wolf Mankowitz
Cast Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim
Plot A millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents.
