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The World of Henry Orient is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Roy Hill released in USA on 19 march 1964 with Peter Sellers
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
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Add to a movie listThe World of Henry Orient is a 1964 American comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Nora Johnson, who co-wrote the screenplay with her father, Nunnally Johnson. It was directed by George Roy Hill and stars Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Phyllis Thaxter, Bibi Osterwald and Tom Bosley.
Filming started in June 1963, wrapped that October, and the film premiered at Radio City Music Hall on March 19, 1964. In 1965 it was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in the category "Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy" and for a Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Written American Comedy."
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Concert pianist Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) pursues an affair with a married woman, Stella Dunnworthy (Paula Prentiss), while two teenage private-school girls, Valerie Boyd (Tippy Walker) and Marian Gilbert (Merrie Spaeth), stalk him and write their fantasies about him in a diary.Actors
Peter Sellers
(Henry Orient)
Paula Prentiss
(Stella Dunnworthy)
Tippy Walker
(Valarie Campbell Boyd)
Tom Bosley
(Frank Boyd)
Angela Lansbury
(Isabel Boyd)
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