Waltz of the Toreadors (film)
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Director John Guillermin Music director Richard Addinsell Duration Language English | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Screenplay Wolf Mankowitz Country UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 12 April 1962 (World Premiere, London) Writer Jean Anouilh (play), Lucienne Hill (English translation), Wolf Mankowitz Cast Peter Sellers (Gen. Leo Fitzjohn), Dany Robin (Ghislaine), Margaret Leighton (Emily Fitzjohn), John Fraser (Lt. Robert Finch), Cyril Cusack (Dr. Grogan), Prunella Scales (Estella Fitzjohn)Similar movies Peter Sellers and John Le Mesurier appear in Waltz of the Toreadors and Im All Right Jack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Waltz of the Toreadors is a 1962 film directed by John Guillermin and based on the play of the same name by Jean Anouilh with the location changed from France to England. It stars Peter Sellers and Dany Robin. It was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1963.
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The film had its World Premiere on 12 April 1962 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End.
Plot
This is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs. Unfortunately, his private life is a disaster: a confirmed womanizer, Leo has infuriated his wife Emily, now a shrewish and hypochondriac woman, all the more bitter as she still loves him. The General has two plain-looking daughters he dislikes and an attractive French mistress, Ghislaine, with whom he has had a platonic affair for seventeen years. When Ghislaine resurfaces, determined to complete her love with him and to get rid of Emily, Leo is at a loss what to do...
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Reception
The film was the 11th most popular movie at the British box office in 1962.
References
Waltz of the Toreadors (film) WikipediaWaltz of the Toreadors (film) IMDb Waltz of the Toreadors (film) themoviedb.org