The Mouse on the Moon is a 1963 British comedy film, an adaptation of the novel The Mouse on the Moon by Irish author Leonard Wibberley. It was directed by Richard Lester and served as the sequel to The Mouse That Roared. In it, the people of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, a microstate, attempt space flight using wine as a propellant. It satirises the space race, Cold War and politics.
It starred Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, June Ritchie, Bernard...
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The Mouse on the Moon is a 1963 British comedy film, an adaptation of the novel The Mouse on the Moon by Irish author Leonard Wibberley. It was directed by Richard Lester and served as the sequel to The Mouse That Roared. In it, the people of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, a microstate, attempt space flight using wine as a propellant. It satirises the space race, Cold War and politics.
It starred Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, June Ritchie, Bernard Cribbins, and Terry-Thomas instead of Peter Sellers, who refused to do the film. David Kossoff reprised his role as Professor Kokintz.
Financial disaster looms for Grand Fenwick when the current vintage of its only export, wine, starts exploding in would-be consumers' faces. Prime Minister Mountjoy (Ron Moody) decides to ask the United States for a loan, ostensibly to fund its entry in the race to the Moon, but actually to save the duchy (and install modern plumbing so he can have a hot bath). The devious politician knows that the Americans...
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