Mr. Topaze

Mr. Topaze (aka I Like Money) was Peter Sellers' directorial debut in 1961. Starring Sellers, Nadia Gray, and Leo McKern as well as Herbert Lom who quarreled with Seller's Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies. The film is an adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's Topaze and a remake of the 1931 film. The film is considered one of Seller's lost films, and its distribution and screening today is virtually non-existent. His son Michael Sellers plays... more

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  • 1961

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  • 1 h 37 min

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Peter Sellers

Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was a British comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, and...

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