Film

Mr. Topaze

1961 · 1h 37m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

6.1

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.

Peter Sellers

Auguste Topaze

Nadia Gray

Suzy

Herbert Lom

Castel Benac

Leo McKern

Muche

Billie Whitelaw

Ernestine

Michael Gough

Tamise

Joan Sims

Colette

John Le Mesurier

Blackmailer

John Neville

Roger

Martita Hunt

Baroness

Pauline Shepherd

Lilette

Michael Sellers

Gaston

Anne Leon

Mrs. Tamise

Thomas Gallagher

Policeman (uncredited)

• Peter SellersDirector
• Pierre RouveWriter · Producer
• Johnny SpeightWriter
• John WilcoxDirector of Photography
• Geoffrey FootEditor

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Release date

April 4, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Comedy, Drama