Peter Sellers plays Hrundi V. Bakshi – a bumbling Indian movie extra who, after prematurely blowing up a very expensive fort (which was meant to be destroyed in the big finale of the war movie he was in), is earmarked for blacklisting so he will “never work in movies again”.
Instead, his name inadvertently ends up on an exclusive guest list to a Hollywood party at the residence of the bigwig producer who tried to sack him.
The film was improvised from a 56-page outline. Each scene was shot in sequence and built upon the previous scene.
Hrundi V. Bakshi
Peter Sellers
Michele Monet
Claudine Longet
Ballerina
Natalia Borisova
Nanny
Jean Carson
Rosalind Dunphy
Marge Champion
Bernard Stein
Al Checco
Janice Kane
Corinne Cole
Wells
Dick Crockett
Maid
Frances Davis
Stella D’Angelo
Danielle De Metz
Director
Herbert Ellis
Ronnie Smith
Paul Ferrara
Levinson
Steve Franken
Molly Clutterbuck
Kathe Green
Cook
Allen Jung
Director
Blake Edwards
