Waltz of the Toreadors (film)

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Waltz of the Toreadors
Original US film poster
Directed by	John Guillermin
Written by	Jean Anouilh (play)
Screenplay by	Wolf Mankowitz
Starring	Peter Sellers
Music by	Richard Addinsell
Cinematography	John Wilcox
Editing by	Peter Taylor
Studio	Independent Artists
Distributed by	Continental Distributing
Release dates	19 September 1962
Running time	105 mins.
Country	UK
Language	English

Waltz of the Toreadors is a 1962 film directed by John Guillermin and based on the play of the same name by Jean Anouilh with the location changed from France to England. It stars Peter Sellers and Dany Robin.^[1] It was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1963.^[2]

Plot

This is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs. Unfortunately, his private life is a disaster: a confirmed womanizer, Leo has infuriated his wife Emily, now a shrewish and hypochondriac woman, all the more bitter as she still loves him. The General has two plain-looking daughters he dislikes and an attractive French mistress, Ghislaine, with whom he has had a platonic affair for seventeen years. When Ghislaine resurfaces, determined to complete her love with him and to get rid of Emily, Leo is at a loss what to do...

Cast

Peter Sellers as General Leo Fitzjohn
Dany Robin as Ghislaine
Margaret Leighton as Emily Fitzjohn
John Fraser as Lieutenant Robert Finch
Cyril Cusack as Dr. Grogan
Prunella Scales as Estella Fitzjohn
Denise Coffey as Sidonia Fitzjohn
Jean Anderson as Agnes
Raymond Huntley as Ackroyd, Court President
Cardew Robinson as Midgley the Undertaker
John Glyn-Jones as Jenkins the Innkeeper
John Le Mesurier as Reverend Grimsley
Vanda Godsell as Mrs. Emma Bulstrode, Dress Shop Proprietor

Reception

The film was the 11th most popular movie at the British box office in 1962.^[3] The film holds a modest three star rating (5.6/10) on IMDb.

References

↑ http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/waltz-of-the-toreadors-v53266
↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056673/awards
↑ "Money-Making Films Of 1962." Times [London, England] 4 Jan. 1963: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.

External links

Waltz of the Toreadors at the Internet Movie Database

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