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Release year: 1959

Storyline

A former British colony in dire need of economic aid tries to play the British against the Soviets in an attempt to secure economic aid from either side in return for political loyalty.

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Terry-Thomas — Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne
Peter Sellers — Señar Amphibulos Prime Minister of Gaillardia
Luciana Paluzzi — Her Serene Highness Princess Ilyena
Ian Bannen — The Young King

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Did you know

• In the montage of newspaper headlines that follows the death of the king and his heir, the Pravda headline translates as "Labor of the Heroic Millions."

• The tune played by the marching band during the welcoming parade was used extensively in the classic BBC radio comedy, The Goon Show, which also starred Peter Sellers.

• The exotic table dancer in the early scene where Carlton-Browne and Bellingham are entertained by the PM is Katherine Keeton, originally from South Africa, and for a time in the mid 1960s known as "the world's highest-paid stripper". A few years later, she became the girlfriend and ultimate wife of Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione, and served as a senior executive in his magazine empire. She founded several magazines herself, including the titles Viva and Omni, and died prematurely from breast cancer in 1997.