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Waltz of the Toreadors is a British film of genre Comedy directed by John Guillermin released in USA on 12 april 1962 with Peter Sellers
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 april 1962
Length 1h44
Directed by John Guillermin
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Rating57%
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.
The film had its World Premiere on 12 April 1962 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End.
Synopsis
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...Actors
Peter Sellers
(Gen. Leo Fitzjohn)
Dany Robin
(Ghislaine)
Margaret Leighton
(Emily Fitzjohn)
John Fraser
(Lt. Robert Finch)
Cyril Cusack
(Dr. Grogan)
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