A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 4, 1961
Original Title:
Mr. Topaze
Alternate Titles:
I Like Money
Il piacere della disonestà
Mr. Topaze
Topaze lär sig leva
Topaze oppii elämään
Topaze, o kobinadoros
Topáz úr
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Dimitri De Grunwald Production
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 97
Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) 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 (Herbert Lom), a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy (Nadia Gray), 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 (Michael Gough) questions him and tells Topaze that what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men.
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Art Direction:
Peter Murton
Cinematography:
John Wilcox
Director:
Peter Sellers
Draughtsman:
Terry Knight
Editor:
Geoffrey Foot
Music:
Georges van Parys
Producer:
Pierre Rouve
Production Design:
Donald M. Ashton
Set Decoration:
Pamela Cornell
Theatre Play:
Marcel Pagnol
Third Assistant Director:
Ray Freeborn
Writer:
Pierre Rouve
Johnny Speight
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