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Mr. Topaze(1961)
Status: Released
Date: 1961-04-04
55%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
Overview:
Mr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy baroness. Castel Benac, a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy, a musical comedy actress, to hire Mr. Topaze as the front man for his business. Gradually, Topaze becomes a rapacious financier who sacrifices his honesty for success and, in a final stroke of business bravado, fires Benac and acquires Suzy in the deal. An old friend and colleague, Tamise questions him and tells Topaze that what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Dimitri De Grunwald Production
Movie: Mr. Topaze
Top 10 Billed Cast
Peter Sellers
Auguste Topaze
Herbert Lom
Castel Benac
Leo McKern
Muche
Michael Gough
Tamise
John Neville
Roger
Martita Hunt
Baroness
Nadia Gray
Suzy
Billie Whitelaw
Ernestine
Joan Sims
Colette
Video Trailer Mr. Topaze
Video: Mr. Topaze (Digitally Restored) - Film Movement Classics Trailer
Mr. Topaze (Digitally Restored) - Film Movement Classics Trailer
Peter Sellers in Mr Topaze - available on BFI Blu-ray | BFI
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