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    Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)

    An English general finds himself with a hypochondriac for a wife, a French mistress and a penchant for buxom chambermaids.

    In one of his most impressive performances, Peter Sellers plays retired General Leo Fitzjohn, unhappily married to Emily (Margaret Leighton) and given a second chance at fulfilment with old flame Ghislaine (Dany Robin).

    French playwright Jean Anouilh, from whose comedy the movie is derived, made despair glossily fashionable in the 1960s and director John Guillermin and writer Wolf Mankowitz transform bleak emotional undercurrents into a seductively bittersweet proposition.

    waltztoreadors2General Leo Fitzjohn
    Peter Sellers
    Ghislaine
    Dany Robin
    Emily Fitzjohn
    Margaret Leighton
    Robert
    John Fraser
    waltztoreadors4Doctor Grogan
    Cyril Cusack
    Estella
    Prunella Scales
    Sidonia
    Denise Coffey
    Agnes
    Jean Anderson
    Court Martial President
    Raymond Huntley
    Undertaker
    Cardew Robinson
    Innkeeper
    John Glyn-Jones
    Vicar
    John Le Mesurier
    Mrs Bulstrode
    Vanda Godsell

    Director
    John Guillermin

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