Mr. Topaze (1961)
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.
- Date of release
- 1961-04-04
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Peter Sellers
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Based on: Topaze
Mr. Topaze is a 1961 British film directed by Peter Sellers and starring Sellers, Nadia Gray, Leo McKern, and Herbert Lom. It was Sellers' directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Pierre Rouve based on the 1928 playTopaze by Marcel Pagnol.
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